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Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force

Read full article: Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force

Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, who was convicted last week of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday.

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The Latest: French President Macron will name a new prime minister 'in coming days'

Read full article: The Latest: French President Macron will name a new prime minister 'in coming days'

French President Emmanuel Macron is accusing political opponents of trying to create “disorder” and vows to stay in office until his term expires in 2027.

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Macron names EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister

Read full article: Macron names EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister

President Emmanuel Macron has named EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister after more than 50 days of caretaker government.

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What we know so far about the attack on French train network ahead of Olympics opening

Read full article: What we know so far about the attack on French train network ahead of Olympics opening

French transport has been thrust into chaos just hours ahead of the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony after a series of coordinated “malicious acts” upended high-speed train lines.

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Arsonists attack French high-speed rail system hours before opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics

Read full article: Arsonists attack French high-speed rail system hours before opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics

Arsonists have attacked France’s high-speed rail network, paralyzing train travel to Paris for some 800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

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France's divided National Assembly votes to keep centrist speaker as political turmoil persists

Read full article: France's divided National Assembly votes to keep centrist speaker as political turmoil persists

France’s divided National Assembly has kept a centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party as speaker.

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Far-right leader Le Pen says France is in a political 'quagmire' 9 days before Olympics start

Read full article: Far-right leader Le Pen says France is in a political 'quagmire' 9 days before Olympics start

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after chaotic legislative elections produced a fragmented parliament.

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French president accepts prime minister's resignation but keeps him as head of caretaker government

Read full article: French president accepts prime minister's resignation but keeps him as head of caretaker government

French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the prime minister’s resignation but kept him on as head of a caretaker government.

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France's unions call for protests to pressure Macron into naming leftist government

Read full article: France's unions call for protests to pressure Macron into naming leftist government

A leader of a major French union has called for mass demonstrations and possible strikes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into “respecting the results” of recent legislative elections and allow a leftist coalition to form a new government.

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France's leftist coalition demands the right to form a government after fractured parliament vote

Read full article: France's leftist coalition demands the right to form a government after fractured parliament vote

The leftist coalition that won the most seats in France's National Assembly in surprise results is now demanding the immediate right to form a government, even though no grouping won a majority of seats.

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Elections in Europe, Iran show authoritarian march may have slowed, not halted

Read full article: Elections in Europe, Iran show authoritarian march may have slowed, not halted

At first glance, elections in France and Britain were a triumph for leftists and reformers over authoritarians and the right.

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The Latest | Macron asks French prime minister to stay on for the sake of stability

Read full article: The Latest | Macron asks French prime minister to stay on for the sake of stability

French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal Monday, in the wake of a chaotic election result that left neither left, right, nor center with a majority in the National Assembly.

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Macron keeps France's prime minister in place for 'stability of the country' after chaotic election

Read full article: Macron keeps France's prime minister in place for 'stability of the country' after chaotic election

French President Emmanuel Macron has refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo.

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France's election ends up with no clear majority. This is what could happen next

Read full article: France's election ends up with no clear majority. This is what could happen next

Election results show French voters have given a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in the pivotal legislative election.

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The Latest | In a surprise, French leftists win the most seats in legislative elections

Read full article: The Latest | In a surprise, French leftists win the most seats in legislative elections

Final results in France say a leftist coalition that came together to try to keep the far right from power has won the most parliamentary seats in runoff elections.

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French vote gives leftists most seats over far right, but leaves hung parliament and deadlock

Read full article: French vote gives leftists most seats over far right, but leaves hung parliament and deadlock

A coalition of the French left has won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority.

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France's government spokesperson is attacked on the campaign trail, days before decisive election

Read full article: France's government spokesperson is attacked on the campaign trail, days before decisive election

Several candidates have reported being attacked on the campaign trail in the final stretch before a high-stakes French legislative election.

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Election anxiety curbs Olympic enthusiasm among Parisians ahead of the Summer Games

Read full article: Election anxiety curbs Olympic enthusiasm among Parisians ahead of the Summer Games

Just three weeks before the Olympics, the excitement that was building up in the host city is now mingled with anxiety about France’s political future.

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France bans extreme-right and radical Islamic groups ahead of polarizing elections

Read full article: France bans extreme-right and radical Islamic groups ahead of polarizing elections

France’s government has ordered the dissolution of multiple extreme right and radical Muslim groups, four days before the first round of high-stakes legislative elections that may see a surge in support for political extremes.

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As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign

Read full article: As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign

The alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has sent shockwaves throughout France and thrust concerns about antisemitism to the forefront of campaigning for the country’s legislative elections.

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French prime minister seeks to step out from Macron's shadow in the upcoming early election

Read full article: French prime minister seeks to step out from Macron's shadow in the upcoming early election

France’s prime minister hopes to emerge from the campaign for the early legislative election not only still holding the job that President Emmanuel Macron gave him less than six months ago but also as more of his own person.

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France's far right may win big in the EU elections. That's worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine

Read full article: France's far right may win big in the EU elections. That's worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is likely to emerge as a big winner at the weekend's European Parliament elections even though she isn't even on the ballot.

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France imposes emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia as violent unrest turns deadly

Read full article: France imposes emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia as violent unrest turns deadly

France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

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French police remove pro-Palestinian students from the courtyard of Sorbonne university in Paris

Read full article: French police remove pro-Palestinian students from the courtyard of Sorbonne university in Paris

French police have removed dozens of students from the Sorbonne university after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the main courtyard of the elite institution in Paris.

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Pro-Palestinian students have peacefully evacuated prestigious Paris university campus building

Read full article: Pro-Palestinian students have peacefully evacuated prestigious Paris university campus building

Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States have peacefully evacuated a campus building at a prestigious French university after days of tensions.

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The French government says it's being targeted by unusual intense cyberattacks

Read full article: The French government says it's being targeted by unusual intense cyberattacks

The French government says that several of its services are being targeted by cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity" and a special crisis center was activated to restore online services.

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France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right

Read full article: 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.

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France's foreign ministry has summoned Russia's ambassador over French aid workers killed in Ukraine

Read full article: France's foreign ministry has summoned Russia's ambassador over French aid workers killed in Ukraine

The French foreign ministry says it has summoned Russia’s ambassador over the deaths of two French nationals working for nongovernmental organizations in Ukraine.

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France's 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures

Read full article: France's 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures

France’s two major farmers unions have said they'll lift country-wide blockades, after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as “tangible progress.”.

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France's government announces new measures to calm farmers' protests, as barricades squeeze Paris

Read full article: France's government announces new measures to calm farmers' protests, as barricades squeeze Paris

France’s newly appointed prime minister has announced controls on foreign food products in order to guarantee “fair competition,” seeking to calm the anger of protesting farmers camped out around Paris.

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France's protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a 'siege' over grievances

Read full article: France's protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a 'siege' over grievances

Protesting farmers have encircled Paris with tractor barricades in a battle with the government over their industry's future.

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French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the government's offer of concessions

Read full article: French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the government's offer of concessions

French farmers have threatened to converge on Paris in the coming days to show their anger.

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Protesting farmers heap pressure on new French prime minister ahead of hotly anticipated measures

Read full article: 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.

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French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron

Read full article: 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.

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European farmers block French roads and head to Brussels to protest wages and bureaucratic meddling

Read full article: European farmers block French roads and head to Brussels to protest wages and bureaucratic meddling

Farmers in France have staged protests across the country and in Brussels against low wages and what they consider to be excessive regulation, mounting costs and other problems.

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France's new government announced with only one major change at the foreign ministry

Read full article: France's new government announced with only one major change at the foreign ministry

The new government of French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has been announced with only one major change at the foreign ministry, while most high-profile Cabinet members remained unchanged.

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France’s youngest prime minister is a rising political star who follows in Macron’s footsteps

Read full article: France’s youngest prime minister is a rising political star who follows in Macron’s footsteps

French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint a 34-year-old prime minister surprised many because of his age and relatively short career.

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Gabriel Attal is France's youngest-ever prime minister at age 34 and the first who is openly gay

Read full article: Gabriel Attal is France's youngest-ever prime minister at age 34 and the first who is openly gay

Gabriel Attal has been named as France’s youngest-ever prime minister as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right.

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France's Macron holds security meeting amid heightened alert after deadly school stabbing

Read full article: France's Macron holds security meeting amid heightened alert after deadly school stabbing

French President Emmanuel Macron has held a special security meeting amid heightened alert against feared terror threats.

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France's Macron says schools will be 'intractable' in enforcing ban on robes often worn by Muslims

Read full article: France's Macron says schools will be 'intractable' in enforcing ban on robes often worn by Muslims

French President Emmanuel Macron says public school students won’t get past the door if they show up dressed in long robes mainly worn by Muslims.

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France's education minister bans long robes in classrooms. They're worn mainly by Muslims

Read full article: France's education minister bans long robes in classrooms. They're worn mainly by Muslims

France’s education minister has announced a ban on long robes in classrooms starting with the new school year, saying the garments worn mainly by Muslims are testing secularism in the nation’s schools.

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France probes 'revolting' claims of rapacious care homes

Read full article: France probes 'revolting' claims of rapacious care homes

France’s government is pledging to investigate what it called “absolutely revolting” allegations that a world leader in care for older adults has been putting profit before quality, rationing food and other items for nursing home residents.

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France seeks to avoid a lockdown with tougher vaccine rules

Read full article: France seeks to avoid a lockdown with tougher vaccine rules

Facing a jump in COVID-19 hospitalizations, France’s government is trying to push through a law requiring vaccination to enter any restaurant and many other public places.

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France to announce sanctions amid fishing dispute with UK

Read full article: France to announce sanctions amid fishing dispute with UK

France says it will announce potential sanctions over energy prices and trade “by the end of the week” in its fishing dispute with the United Kingdom.

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France's Macron to talk to Biden amid crisis over submarines

Read full article: France's Macron to talk to Biden amid crisis over submarines

France's government spokesman says President Emmanuel Macron will speak in the coming days with President Joe Biden in their first contact since a major crisis erupted between France and the United States over a submarine deal with Australia.

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Poland, Belgium end Afghan evacuation as clock ticks down

Read full article: Poland, Belgium end Afghan evacuation as clock ticks down

Poland and Belgium ended their evacuations from Afghanistan, but other European nations vowed to press on for as long as possible.

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Was Macron's phone a target for spies? French investigate

Read full article: Was Macron's phone a target for spies? French investigate

France's defense minister wants to learn from her Israeli counterpart what, if anything, Israel knew about the clients of the spyware company NSO who possibly targeted the cellphones of French President Emmanuel Macron and other members of his government.

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Anger as French protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors

Read full article: Anger as French protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors

A French Holocaust survivor has denounced anti-vaccination protesters comparing themselves to Jews who were persecuted by Nazi Germany during World War II.

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France to impose entry restrictions on travelers from India

Read full article: France to impose entry restrictions on travelers from India

A government official says France is about to impose new entry restrictions on travelers from India, in order to fight a contagious coronavirus variant spreading in that country.

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The Latest: New Mexico preparing for 'vaccine hesitancy'

Read full article: The Latest: New Mexico preparing for 'vaccine hesitancy'

New Mexico health officials say they are preparing to respond to pockets of vaccine hesitancy in some communities as overall interest increases in receiving the vaccine for COVID-19.

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France to close schools, ban domestic travel as virus surges

Read full article: France to close schools, ban domestic travel as virus surges

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a TV address to the nation on French TV channel TF1 in Paris, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Macron has announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a month-long domestic travel ban in an effort to fight the rapid spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a month-long domestic travel ban, as the rapid spread of the virus ramped up pressure on hospitals. “We’re going to close nursery, elementary and high schools for three weeks,” Macron said, adding that a nationwide 7 p.m.- 6 a.m. curfew will be kept in place. AdA debate is scheduled in parliament Thursday that will address the virus situation and the new measures.

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Court rules France failed to respect its climate change goal

Read full article: Court rules France failed to respect its climate change goal

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 file photo smoke rises from a factory as a truck loaded with cars crosses a bridge in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)PARIS – A Paris court on Wednesday ruled that the French state failed to take sufficient action to fight climate change in a case brought by four nongovernmental organizations. The four organizations are Greenpeace France, Oxfam France, the Nicolas Hulot Foundation and Notre Affaire a Tous (Our Shared Responsibility). In its ruling, the administrative court recognized ecological “deficiencies” linked to climate change and held the French state responsible for failing to fully meet its goals in reducing greenhouse gases. Ad“It's perfectly fair to say that our country has been lagging behind these past years in the fight against climate change,” he responded to a question.

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Macron says beheaded teacher was victim of stupidity, hate

Read full article: Macron says beheaded teacher was victim of stupidity, hate

French anti-terrorist state prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard holds a press conference Wednesday Oct.21, 2020 in Paris. At a national memorial at the Sorbonne University in central Paris, Macron praised history teacher Samuel Paty as the “face of the Republic” who “believed in knowledge.”Paty, 47, was murdered on Friday by an 18-year-old of Chechen origin who had become radicalized. Anzorov claimed responsibility in a text accompanied by a photograph of the victim found on his phone. Government spokesperson Gabriel Attal said it was “implicated, linked to Friday’s attack” and it was used to promote anti-republican hate speech. Authorities say it has long had an imam following the Salafist path, a rigorous interpretation of the Muslim holy book.

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