The country is wavering between revolt and despair as it faces a whirlwind of crises: devastating heatwaves, spiralling debt, spiking interest rates, rising cost of living, housing shortages, increasing unemployment, and protests over conditions in high schools.
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With more than 66% in the primary, French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann is chosen as the social-democratic candidate for France’s 2027 presidential election. On X, he insists that "a left true to its values can unite, govern and win"....
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'A forgotten Frenchman in Baku' (2/2). Mehmet Sahan, a French-Turkish dual national detained in Azerbaijan since early 2022 after a complaint by Thales, has alleged corruption. French prosecutors, who searched the premises of the defense giant in 2024, are investigating the contr...
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On Monday, the French president will open his final Paris Motor Show, pushing his "Made in Europe" agenda: tying state aid for this key industry to genuinely EU-based production....
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France's national health agency has recorded more than 161 cases of West Nile virus and five deaths since its annual seasonal surveillance began on 1 May. Transmitted to humans by mosquitos, which contract it from birds, the virus is progressing rapidly across Europe. Experts say...
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Some 82% of French people now disapprove of the president. Meanwhile, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella are weakened by Mediapart's revelations about antisemitic texts attributed to the young RN leader....
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French President Emmanuel Macron's popularity has fallen to its lowest level since taking office in 2017, according to a poll published on Saturday.
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Participants in the Versailles Ironman will be the first to ever swim in the canal in front of the palace of French kings. There is a growing trend of sporting events being held at heritage sites since the Paris 2024 Olympic Games....
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Two men have been charged and remanded in custody after the death of an 84-year-old British man whose body was found outside his home in southwest France last month, prosecutors said Saturday....
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How to book tickets that cover plane and train travel, how Americans in France can vote in the midterm elections, what Le Pen’s policy proposals actually mean, is your home in France a primary or secondary residence and why it matters – and bagging a Foire aux vins bargain...
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MPs start debating the government’s proposed budget for 2027, students plan another day of protest, an important deadline for Americans in France, and the Toussaint holidays get under way....
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French students' grievances include long school days, overcrowded classrooms, outdated facilities and teacher shortages. Their anger has resonated across Europe, with students in Belgium and Italy also staging protests....
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Three years after the October 7 attacks in Israel and the start of the war of annihilation against Gaza, the prominent French rabbi reflects on what these tragedies stirred in her, in the Jewish community, and in society as a whole, as crucial elections approach in both Israel an...
