Immigrants now make up 10 percent of France’s population, says Statistics agency
A tenth of people living in France in 2021 were born foreigners, national statistics agency INSEE said on Thursday, in its first study on immigration in a decade.
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French rightwing politician calls for Angela Davis school to be renamed
Valérie Pécresse claims that the Black US activist’s belief that racism is systemic does not apply to FranceA row has erupted in France after a rightwing politician insisted that a high school named after the Black US activist Angela Davis should chang…
France races for small suicide drones after seeing effectiveness in Ukraine
The French military recently narrowed a field of 19 competitors to two in a race for hundreds of small, deadly UAVs.
Macron rolls out water-saving plan as record drought saps resources
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a water crisis plan for sharing, reusing and saving an historically abundant resource that’s grown increasingly scarce as the country rushes to limit the impacts of an enduring drought.
‘Sorry Charles!’ French unions mark king’s absence with banner
French unions on Thursday unfurled a giant banner opposite English shores to goad Britain’s King Charles III after his first foreign state visit to France was cancelled.
Nantes cathedral volunteer sentenced to prison for arson
The parish volunteer who started a fire that severely damaged the 15th Century Gothic cathedral in the western French city of Nantes in 2020 has been sentenced to four years in prison for arson.
Mid-April date for Constitutional Council verdict on pension reform
France’s legislative watchdog, the Constitutional Council, announced on Wednesday that it will render its verdict on 14 April on controversial pension reform legislation, which has led to often violent demonstrations since the beginning of the year.
Switzerland and France accused of lack of climate action in ECHR hearing
Group of Swiss women and French ex-mayor suing their governments in first such cases heard by rights courtThe governments of Switzerland and France have been accused of breaching the human rights of their citizens by not acting decisively enough on cli…
France probes case of man in coma after violent water reservoir protest
French prosecutors are to investigate the conditions under which a man was seriously injured at a demonstration against the construction of a reservoir in the west of the country, after his family filed a criminal complaint.
Clean up begins as Paris rubbish collectors suspend work stoppage
Refuse collectors in Paris on Wednesday suspended a three-week strike that has seen thousands of tonnes of rubbish pile up on the streets of the French capital.