French tensions loom over preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
‘We are ready,’ says the city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo, a year ahead of an event that should portray a united France
‘We are ready,’ says the city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo, a year ahead of an event that should portray a united France
President Emmanuel Macron praised India in a speech Thursday evening before French defense officials as a “key partner” with a “determining” role
The country’s political discourse has forgotten the most important cause of violence: isolation. A collective loneliness has been feeding on the economic, social and political exclusion of the grandchildren of immigrants
“The calm has returned”, said Olivia Grégoire, Minister of Trade and Tourism, to EL PAÍS, and says there’s no concern about the Paris Olympic Games in 2024
Apps like Snapchat and TikTok played a key role in the protests, but some experts believe these services cannot be held responsible for the outbreak of violence
The speedy trials of those arrested in the unrest have unveiled the complex psychology that fueled last week’s violence
A shocking video of an officer firing at and killing a delivery driver of north African descent triggered nationwide protests
Governing his already-polarized country has gotten close to impossible for Macron because a suburban police officer stopped a yellow Class A Mercedes in a bus lane and fired one fatal shot into the 17-year-old driver’s chest
She said she was angry at the officer who killed her grandson but not at the police in general and expressed faith in the justice system as France faces its worst social upheaval in years
Police made 719 arrests nationwide by early Sunday after a mass security deployment aimed at quelling France’s worst social upheaval in years
A shocking video of the tragic shooting of a teenager by the police sets off a fiery three-night riot, exposing deep-rooted divisions in France
Despite government appeals for calm and vows that order would be restored, smoke from cars and garbage set ablaze was already billowing over the streets of the Paris suburb of Nanterre following a peaceful afternoon march
The killing of Nael Tuesday during a traffic check in Nanterre, captured on video, shocked the country and stirred up long-simmering tensions between young people and police in housing projects
French President Emmanuel Macron called the 17-year-old’s death ‘inexplicable and inexcusable’
Macron invites dozens of world leaders to redefine financial architecture and release funds for low-income countries at risk due to environmental crisis
The leaders of the three nations are meeting in Paris for talks focusing on military support for Ukraine’s counteroffensive and future security guarantees to be given to the country
The children targeted were a 22-month-old Dutch girl, a 3-year-old British girl, and two 2-year-old French cousins, a boy and a girl
President Macron visited the wounded victims and the citizens who stepped in to prevent a massacre, including a 24-year-old known as ‘the hero with the backpack’
Elected head of France’s lower house a year ago, Yaël Braun-Pivet says the chief opposition party’s ideas must be combated, but underscores that its lawmakers ‘have their place in this institution’ because they were placed there by voters
The French leader’s office said they would discuss Ukraine’s military and humanitarian needs and “the more long-term perspectives for a return to peace in Europe”
In a conversation with EL PAÍS, the great French thinker reflects on existence and invites us to cultivate the poetic side of living. He has just published a ‘dissident’ book on the war in Ukraine and has two more works forthcoming in the summer
An erotic passage in the politician’s new book has caused a stir on social media, with users both ridiculing his literary style and criticizing him for being out-of-touch with the everyday concerns of the people
Unions have called another march for June 6. In the meantime, government officials are being greeted at every public event with loud banging that’s quickly become a symbol of the fight against pension reform
Lawyers and relatives of over 200 minors complain of stigmatization from the official personal database
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
‘We remain committed to intensifying sanctions against Russia, coordinating and fully enforcing them,’ the Group of Seven foreign ministers said in a communique released on Tuesday
Raising retirement age from 62 to 64, the president insists, was necessary to keep the pension system afloat as the population ages