Top French politicians and military chiefs were on Wednesday night thrashing out proposals over whether to send the country’s Leclerc tanks to Ukraine.

 

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has been noisily heckled by the opposition benches as she attempted to assure the house that there was no question women would be penalised more than men under the government’s already controversial proposals for …

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said he could not exclude bringing in the army to ensure security at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The NGO Amnesty International France and some left-wing politicians have expressed concern over the Olympic security bill being debated in the French Senate this week. The text would legalise the use of surveillance based on artificial intelligence sy…

France’s equality watchdog has called for an “emergency plan” to combat widespread sexism that is affecting youths in particular, amid concern that the country’s education system is failing to foster gender equality from a young and vulnerable age. Wh…

French bank BNP Paribas said Tuesday it plans to cut its financing of oil extraction and production by 80 percent by 2030. The announcement follows a threat by three activist groups to sue the bank for continuing to finance oil and gas projects.

France has announced what it calls a “daily sobriety plan” to slash water consumption following a severe drought last summer that parched most of the country. 

Sugar beet growers in France say a surprise decision to conclusively ban the use of neonicotinoids – insecticides that are harmful to pollinators and to overall biodiversity – amounts to a breach of trust by the government that will completely derail …

French police on Tuesday detained rugby federation president Bernard Laporte for questioning as part of an investigation into suspected tax fraud.