Marc Bassets

The president is trying to soothe tensions by Bastille Day in July, but judging by the demonstrations so far, it will be a difficult feat to achieve

France’s president kept his promise by enacting the law raising the retirement age to 64, but he will have a hard time quelling discontent

The leader of the National Rally, once rejected as a far right pariah, feels closer than ever to the French presidency. Has the pension reform crisis given wings to her movement, based on nationalism and rejection of immigration?

A Dutch court authorizes the KIRAC art collective to release the experimental movie, while the French novelist vows to appeal

The general secretary of the CFDT is calling on the French government to pause its controversial pension reform, warning that the conflict is turning into a democratic crisis

The backlash to the French government’s pension reform has brought the country to a gridlock, with neither side strong enough to defeat the other. A situation made clear by Monday’s no-confidence vote

The pension reform in France has opened debate about the place that work occupies in our lives, and renewed interest in the book ‘The Right to Be Lazy’ by Paul Lafargue

The French government is likely to face no-confidence motions, while unions have called more strikes in protest of the measure, which will raise the retirement age to 64

‘There will be a democratic problem if the reform is approved like this,’ Laurent Berger – the leader of France’s largest union – tells EL PAÍS

The Spanish-Peruvian writer is the first to access the hallowed institution without having ever written in French. The ceremony was attended by former Spanish monarch Juan Carlos

Proposals in the French government’s reform include letting undocumented migrants regularize their legal status if they are engaged in certain trades

Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz are attempting to align on energy and military matters but cracks are beginning to show on the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty

The French president managed to enact changes to the labor market, railways and wealth tax in his first term but faces huge social discontent over plans to raise the retirement age

French president says door is not closed to delivery of Leclercs, while German chancellor makes decision on the Leopards subject to coordination with allies

Pavel Filatyev – a former soldier who deserted the Kremlin’s army – has released the first chronicle written by a participant in the invasion of Ukraine. Now living in exile in Paris, he sat down with EL PAÍS to speak about his experiences

Personalities like Éric Zemmour call public protests after an undocumented Algerian woman tortured and killed a child named Lola in a Paris building

The Swedish Academy rewarded the French writer’s ‘courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory’

The president’s Ensemble coalition has gone from having 345 seats in the National Assembly to just 245, while the left and far right have made big gains

The papers disappeared when the anti-semitic writer escaped to Nazi Germany in 1944. They reappeared in 2020. Now Gallimard is publishing the first text

Russia’s military operations in Ukraine may last just weeks, but Putin could seek total occupation of the country or even challenge NATO, according to military and diplomatic analysts, who have not ruled out a “miracle of Dnieper”

The 84-year-old artist, renowned for his images of flamenco icons such as Paco de Lucía, was left on the sidewalk for hours without anyone coming to his aid after suffering a fall

A book and exhibition on the Spanish-born artist show how he was placed under police surveillance before finally being adopted by the country that once refused him citizenship

The move comes after a number of cases of blood clots were reported among people who had received the Covid-19 medication

Wary of a new surge in coronavirus infections, the executive is keeping more restrictions in place than Italy or France

Interior ministry confirms contact with Brussels to find safe port for Spanish rescue ship with 151 aboard

As donations pour in from all over the world, Anne Hidalgo reflects on the cathedral and its global significance

French investigators target suspects who misled consumers into thinking their rosé was made locally