Following ten years of criminal investigation, French legal officials have called for the trial of Bernard Squarcini, former head of the French internal security agency, and 10 others, on charges of abuse of office, fraud and complicity in breaches of…

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has confirmed plans to help French bakers cope with rising energy bills after a growing number said they couldn’t afford to stay open.

French authorities last month opened a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the former archbishop of Paris had committed “sexual assault on a vulnerable person”, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Thousands of Kurds from across Europe travelled to the northern Parisian suburb Villiers-le-Bel on Tuesday afternoon for the funeral of three Kurds who were gunned down in central Paris just before Christmas.

A mayor in the French Alps famous for fighting mass tourism on the Mont Blanc has come under fire for filing a legal complaint against two people camping on the mountain’s peak. On Monday, he reiterated his vow to protect the popular climbing trails f…

Speaking ahead of crucial talks with the trade unions about the government’s sharply contested plans to reform retirement policy, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has indicated that her government is prepared to be flexible on some of the legislation’s …

The French government is prepared to show flexibility on a plan by President Emmanuel Macron to raise the retirement age to 65, the prime minister said Tuesday ahead of crunch talks with unions. 

After President Emmanuel Macron pledged to push through France’s unpoular pensions reform bill in 2023, Greens party head Marine Tondelier told RFI street protests were the only way to scupper the policy, which would raise the legal age of retirement …