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.

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.

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.

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.

Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally or RN) party hopes to use the national crisis to continue its long ascent in French politics, adopting a balancing act as its strategy. RN opposes President Emmanuel Macron’s pension ref…

French prosecutors said Wednesday they were probing the case of a man seriously wounded at a demonstration over access to water, after his family filed a criminal complaint.

France has legalised the use of intelligent video surveillance for major events including the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics – despite warnings the technology is a blatant breach of privacy that violates civil liberties.