France’s Senate voted to raise the retirement age by two years to 64 as widespread strikes against the government’s controversial overhaul of the pensions system carried into Thursday.

French energy group EDF has reported a major crack in a cooling pipe at a nuclear power plant on the Channel coast. This is the latest such incident to plague the energy sector, already struggling to compensate for the unavailability of Russian natura…

France’s Senate voted Thursday to raise the retirement age by two years to 64, as the government moves to overhaul the country’s pensions system in the face of strong opposition from labour unions.

To mark International Women’s Day on May 8, FRANCE 24 looks at an online platform dedicated to helping expatriate French women who are victims of domestic violence. Seeking help can be more difficult when women are living abroad with their abusers and…

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday his government would put forward a draft law enshrining abortion rights in the French constitution within months.

France and Britain are working on a new deal to thwart migrants crossing the Channel, which could be agreed at a summit between leaders Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak later this week, a French official said Wednesday.

France’s National Assembly has rejected a bill to ban politicians found guilty of “aggravated domestic violence” from working as MPs. The vote followed a tense debate in parliament during which the Justice Minister twice raised his fist in an obscene …

The morning after the sixth day of nationwide demonstrations against the government’s pension reform plans, the French daily papers attempt to sort out what happened on Tuesday, and suggest what might happen next.