Protests and violent clashes have gripped France, Italy and Spain in recent weeks, but what's behind the unrest in each country and is it motivated by the same grievances? Our editors in each country look at the causes of the unrest and what lies ahead.
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Macron told reporters that the conference will occur after the Israeli elections on October 27.
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This French woman is, to date, the only female 'returnee' from the Islamic State group to stand trial for an attempted murder committed in Syria. Her trial, which was originally scheduled for June 4 but postponed, opens Wednesday in Paris....
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French customers of Orange, and its low-cost subsidiary Sosh, reported network problems on Wednesday affecting mobile calls, text messages and internet connections....
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French and Italian ministers blame foreign powers for using social media to fuel riots across Europe. But while Russia-linked networks have exploited the violence, the European Commission still has no evidence that they are driving it....
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From the rise of gas prices to winter tyre rules and the seasonal truce - plus at least one more protest and a nationwide strike - here's what's happening in France in November 2026....
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French President Emmanuel Macron took aim at world leaders including US President Donald Trump for trying to exploit the riots and looting that broke out alongside peaceful demonstrations in France Saturday for their own political advantage. Another wave of demonstrations against...
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Speaking in Doha on Wednesday, Macron called out leaders for instrumentalising unrest in France for their own political gain, following riots which occurred across the country over the weekend....
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French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected claims that France has been "invaded" by migrants and Islamists, accusing foreign leaders of spreading false information about last weekend's unrest and exploiting the situation in France for their own political ends. His comments in ...
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Rescue teams were on Wednesday searching north-eastern France for the navigator of a French air force jet, after the pilot died in a crash on Tuesday night in bad weather....
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The medieval artwork depicting the 1066 Norman invasion of England in painstaking detail is on an unprecedented loan from France and will be exhibited at the museum until July 11, 2027....
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'There was foreign manipulation of information which led to unacceptable and even stupid comments by many, including foreign leaders,' the French president told reporters in Doha after a trip to the Gulf....
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The first trials after the looting of Saturday and Sunday took place on Tuesday in Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Most received suspended sentences, more lenient than the prosecution's requests....
