Low growth and welfare cuts push Attal Government to the brink
Near-zero growth, coupled with savage welfare cuts and broad perceptions of fiscal mismanagement, look set to push French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's government…
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Tough French logic will lead Europe through immigrant crisis
As the militant Islamic threat to many Western societies steadily gained strength from increasing immigration, a high birth rate among migrants, and sustained collective…
French PM Attal sparks controversy with proposed youth violence crackdown
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has sparked controversy by proposing new measures aimed at cracking down on youth violence in France.
France to ‘restore republican order’ on Indian Ocean island of Mayotte
France’s minister for overseas territories Marie Guevenoux said the country aimed to "restore republican order" on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte by…
French youth back compulsory military service amid war in Ukraine
The majority of French people aged between 18 and 25 are prepared to enlist in the armed forces to support Ukraine if the need arises, a new survey has revealed.
This will hurt: France braces for budget cuts
After decades of spending beyond its means, France must in the coming weeks show how it will avoid a budget crunch that is putting its credit ratings at risk and…
EU-Canada free trade agreement in peril after French Senate rejection
The EU's free-trade agreement with Canada has been overwhelmingly rejected in France's Senate, which voted it down by 211 votes to 44.
Paris headmaster resigns after death threats for asking student to remove her veil
A Paris headmaster resigned on March 26, after receiving death threats for asking a student to remove her veil before taking an exam.
French school system in danger ‘due to radical Islam’, Senate report finds
A damning report by the French Senate paints a dire picture of the situation in French schools.
‘Shut up and keep quiet,’ Hollande advises Macron over Ukraine
Former French President François Hollande has advised his successor Emmanuel Macron to shut up and keep quiet when it comes to the war in Ukraine.
Une autre grande idée, monsieur le président? European history may be facing a hinge moment – and Macron’s proposal could just turn it in the West’s favour
Judging by the bellows of discontent from his allies, French President Macron blundered badly with his suggestion that NATO countries may need to deploy combat troops…
Macron is no Napoleon and no Talleyrand: Floating his proposal of sending troops to Ukraine was a work of stunning political ineptness that only boosted Putin
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord must have been the world’s greatest political survival artist.
France acts over immigration clashes on Indian Ocean island Mayotte
The French Government will end granting birthright citizenship in Mayotte to make the overseas department less appealing to migrants following large-scale and violent…
Brittany reunification sparks controversy in Loire-Atlantique
Britanny - Loire Atlantique, France
Out of Africa: ‘Macron folds to leave Russia with the best hand’
Marking perhaps the inglorious end to France's lengthy imperial connections with Africa, French President Emmanuel Macron's Defence Council will cut the country's…
‘Siege of Paris’: Macron Government ‘will not let’ farmers block the capital
French President Emmanuel Macron's Government will not let protesting farmers "block" the country's capital, said interior minister Gérald Darmanin.
French judges slash new immigration-law measures
France’s Constitutional Council has removed more than a third of the measures in the country’s new tougher immigration law.
Paris ‘under siege’ as farmers’ demonstration escalates
Farmers in France have launched a "siege of Paris" after the country's Government failed to roll back various “green” restrictions on the agriculture sector.
Recently-formed pro-Macron Rural Alliance loses a top name
A French rural party, set up with the support of President Emmanuel Macron to target the right-wing National Rally party (RN), is facing trouble after a top figure…
Is new French Government right-wing? ‘Non,’ insists Cabinet mouthpiece
French President Emmanuel Macron's new Government is not "right-wing", the main spokesperson for its Cabinet has claimed.
French Government reset unlikely to give Macron the boost he needs, say analysts
French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to pick a new Prime Minister and Cabinet is unlikely to give him the reset he needed after wounding battles on immigration…
New French Minister targeted over past opposition to gay marriage
France's new Government under openly gay Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has some other notable figures in its ranks causing feathers to be ruffled.
Macron has managed to spin the Immigration Bill in his own favour: The master tactician has made himself sound tough but reasonable
You have to hand it to Emmanuel Macron.
France to close embassy in Niger as military coup holds
France is to close its embassy in Niger after Paris and its ECOWAS partners were unable to overturn a military coup five months ago in the country.
One day into her job, French health minister admits to investigation for undeclared gifts
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo, France's new health minister, is the target of a judicial investigation for having received gifts without declaring them.
Macron on the defensive over alliance with Right on immigration
French President Emmanuel Macron has defended the country’s new immigration bill, addressing left-wing critics who claim he gave too much to the “far Right”.
French Parliament torpedoes ‘strict’ new migration law
In what is seen as a painful blow to French President Emmanuel Macron’s standing, a bill that seeks to better control immigration and improve integration has been…
France’s left-wing NUPES coalition ‘dead’, leader claims
France’s New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES), a left-wing electoral alliance aimed in part at combating the rising far-right, is “dead”, one of…
Something to hide? Macron allies prevent publication of damning Africa ‘failure’ report
French President Emmanuel Macron's party is preventing a scathing parliamentary report into France's North Africa policy from being published
French Mayors protest centralisation, under-funding, and neglect
The French Mayors' Association (AMF) is protesting the French government's over-centralisation, under-funding, and political neglect of local communities.