Support for Macron drops 10 points in four weeks – poll
A poll out Sunday shows the popularity rating of France’s new President Emmanuel Macron has slumped 10 points to hit 54 percent over the past month. While Macron has made a strong start on the world stage and won a solid majority in parliament, his first three...
Froome wins 3rd Tour de France in a row, fourth tour overall
Chris Froome put on a near-perfect performance to claim his fourth Tour de France and move within one title of cycling’s greatest on Sunday as Team Sky tightened their grip on the classic race. The Briton suffered a few hiccups but was always in control over the...
Tomb of French Nazi collaborator Pétain vandalised
The tomb of Marshal Philippe Petain, who led France’s collaborationist Vichy regime under Nazi occupation, was vandalised on Saturday, the eve of the 66th anniversary of his death, police said. Police and firefighters were called to the site of the tomb on Ile...
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‘€5,000 would be a deterrent’: the French minister who wants sexual harassment fines
The walk from the Gare du Nord across the Seine to France’s centre of power, a string of buildings off the Quai d’Orsay, takes a pleasant, circuitous hour: the route is a tourist’s dream. But for Marlène Schiappa, France’s freshly appointed gender equality minister,...
Franco-Swiss journalist dies in Paris after being injured in Mosul blast
The Franco-Swiss journalist Veronique Robert has died in hospital in Paris after being wounded in an explosion in Mosul earlier this week. She was caught up in a mine explosion in the Iraqi city that killed the Iraqi journalist Bakhtiyar Haddad and the French...
Would-be jihadists jailed in Paris
Five young men inspired to fight in Syria by of one of France’s most notorious jihadist recruiters in Nice were handed prison sentences by a Paris court on Friday. The men, all in their 20s, were found guilty of associating with a terrorist organisation. They...
Macron, Schwarzenegger want ‘crusade to save the planet’
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged people from both ends of the political spectrum to join a “crusade” to save the planet, after a Friday meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. It is absolutely imperative that we not make it a...
France refuses to open new Calais migration camp
France’s interior minister rejected calls from charities for a new migrant reception center in the northern port of Calais, where hundreds who have fled war and poverty are again roaming the streets in search of food and shelter. The minister, Gerard Collomb,...
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