Struggling to raise funds for the restoration of his cathedral’s antique organ, a priest from St.-Flour, a small town in France’s heartland, came up with a creative solution. He turned one of the bell towers into a curing workshop where farmers could hang their hams to dry. For nearly two years, after being blessed by … Read more
“Over the course of six decades of active political combat, he proved to be a visionary, forcing into the public debate the major issues that structure political life today, such as demographics and its corollary immigration, globalization and France’s decline, national sovereignty and the risk of dilution in the European Union,” the party he founded, … Read more
Ivory Coast is the latest West African nation to expel troops of former colonial power after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will leave the country this month after a decades-long military presence, becoming the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former coloniser. In an end-of-year … Read more
Emmanuel Macron issues mea culpa over French legislative elections Financial Times Calling snap elections created more instability for France, Macron admits FRANCE 24 English Macron acknowledges error on early elections in New Year’s speech Reuters France’s Macron acknowledges snap elections backfired The Hill Macron Says Dissolving Parliament Sowed Division, Urges Unity Bloomberg Source link
A Paris court on Friday convicted eight people for their roles in the events that led to the killing of Samuel Paty, a history teacher whose stabbing and decapitation by an Islamist terrorist in 2020 deeply shocked France. Mr. Paty was slain in October 2020 near his school northwest of Paris by Abdoullakh Anzorov, an … Read more
Le Monde, Le Figaro and others accuse X of not paying for content distribution and seek legal redress. Several major French newspapers have decided to take legal action against social media giant X, accusing the platform of using their content without paying. The joint action on Tuesday includes Le Monde, Le Figaro, Les Echos, Le … Read more
MAZAN, France — The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there over almost a decade has apologized for comments that appeared to downplay the case. “I have been criticized for minimizing the seriousness of the heinous crimes of which the defendants are … Read more
Gisele Pelicot, ‘drugged by husband and raped by strangers’, walks out of French court amid thunderous applause Hindustan Times ‘I am a rapist just like all the others in this room,’ says Frenchman accused of mass rape of wife CNN ‘She didn’t deserve this’: 5 remarks by Dominique Pelicot who drugged wife, invited strangers to rape her Hindustan … Read more
Michel Barnier’s journey from Mr Brexit to French PM BBC.com In picking Barnier, Macron has put his – and France’s – fate in Le Pen’s hands | Paul Taylor The Guardian Michel Barnier named as new French prime minister CNN Far right is kingmaker in France following Michel Barnier nomination POLITICO Europe Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier named … Read more
Sale comes as European nations try to coax Serbia away from traditional ally and weapons supplier Moscow. France and Serbia have signed a $3bn agreement for the sale of 12 French-made Rafale fighter jets, as European countries try to coax Serbia away from close ties with Russia. The landmark sale, signed by Serb Defence Minister … Read more