France seeks personal accounts of liberation from the Nazis, 80 years after the D-Day landings
The French president is appealing to the public to collect photos, films, personal journals and testimony from witnesses to liberation from the Nazis, as the country prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings in 1944.
France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
French lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy.
Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not 'ruled out' in the future, French leader says
French President Emmanuel Macron says sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into a third year.
Protesting farmers spray Brussels police with liquid manure near EU's base in a new display of power
Farmers have clashed with police in Belgium, spraying officers with liquid manure and throwing eggs and flares at them in a fresh show of force as the European Union’s agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address the protesters’ concerns.
France denounces 'largest antisemitic massacre of our century' in tribute to victims of Hamas attack
French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims of Hamas’ Oct_ 7 attack in Israel in a national ceremony and denounced what he described as the “largest antisemitic massacre of our century.”.
Protesting farmers heap pressure on new French prime minister ahead of hotly anticipated measures
Protesting farmers have shut down stretches of major French highways again, using their tractors to block and slow traffic to press their demands that growing and rearing food should be made easier and more lucrative.
French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron
Protests by French farmers are snowballing and creeping closer to Paris, ratcheting up pressure for government measures to protect the influential agricultural sector from foreign competition, red tape, rising costs and poverty-levels of pay.
At Davos, Blinken calls a pathway to a Palestinian state a necessity for Israeli security
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel cannot achieve “genuine security” without a pathway to a Palestinian state, insisting such a move could help unify the Middle East and isolate Israel’s top rival: Iran.
French President Macron uses broad news conference to show his leadership hasn't faded
French President Emmanuel Macron has made a point of showing his leadership hasn’t faded in more than two hours of answering questions at a news conference in which he promised a stronger France to face with world’s challenges.
France's Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to deliver more long-range cruise missiles as well as bombs to Ukraine and suggested that he’d find ways to work with Donald Trump in the event that he wins another presidency.
France's president is accused of siding with Depardieu as actor faces sexual misconduct allegations
Women’s rights activists are criticizing French President Emmanuel Macron for appearing to side with actor Gérard Depardieu by saying the film star who is facing sexual misconduct allegations “makes France proud.”.
France's Macron says a security crisis could force rethink of Paris' huge Olympic opening show
French President Emmanuel Macron says the giant opening ceremony extravaganza that Paris is planning to hold on the River Seine to launch next year’s Olympic Games could be moved if France is hit again in the run-up by extremist attacks.
Activists call on France to endorse a consent-based rape definition across the entire European Union
Activists wearing masks depicting President Emmanuel Macron have urged France to change its position and endorse a law proposed by the European Union that would define rape as sex without consent in the bloc’s 27 countries.
EU commission to prolong use of glyphosate for 10 more years after member countries fail to agree
The European Commission will continue the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the European Union for 10 more years after the 27 member countries again failed to find a common position.
European Union offers a new growth plan to Western Balkans that partly opens access to single market
European Union leaders have offered a new growth plan to the six Western Balkans countries that opens parts of the EU single market to them in return for deep reforms, ahead of their full membership in the bloc.
France's withdrawal from Niger could jeopardize counterterrorism operations in the Sahel
The French troops who are being forced out of Niger were seen as a key line of defense in efforts led by the West, particularly the U.S. and France, to fight against jihadi violence in Africa’s hard-hit Sahel region.
French national police chief says officers under investigation 'have no place in prison'
France’s national police chief has said that law enforcement officers under investigation shouldn’t be jailed like ordinary citizens amid a walkout by numerous Marseille police over the detention of a colleague for his actions during nationwide riots.