France
France, in Western Europe, encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches. Paris, its capital, is famed for its fashion houses, classical art museums including the Louvre and monuments like the Eiffel Tower.
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Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has been ousted by the National Assembly in a no-confidence vote
A €44 billion austerity gamble, strikes in the streets, and promises to Kiev about to go up in smoke
A vote of confidence scheduled for Monday appears set to topple Prime Minister François Bayrou and put more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron.
The French president’s rating has sunk to record lows amid a budget deficit
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against US right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, who has repeatedly claimed that the wife of the president used to be a man. The Macrons said Owens' claims were "designed to harass and cause pain ... and to garner attention".
The top pornographic websites in France – Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube – on Wednesday blacked out in protest over the country’s new age verification requirements. According to the government's rules, users now must prove their age with a credit card or an ID document, but operators argue this puts people’s data at risk.
The French President has broken his silence on the viral moment, after his team initially claimed the shocking video was fake.
Footage of the French president and his wife appearing to have an altercation in Vietnam went viral.
Gerald Darmanin has argued that digital transactions are much easier to trace
A student has died in a French high school after another student allegedly stabbed several classmates in horror scenes.
Several French prisons were attacked overnight, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said Tuesday, with assailants burning vehicles and in one instance firing automatic weapons. Darmanin, who was quick to link the incidents to France's campaign against drug trafficking, is travelling to the site of one of the attacks in the southern city of Toulon.
The trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy came to a close this week, ending three months of exhaustive examination of allegations that the right-wing politician had struck a bargain with Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 bid for office. It’s a story with all the makings of a seedy spy thriller – and one that won’t reach its conclusion until September.
Marine Le Pen was at the heart of a system to create phony contracts directing millions in EU funding to her inner circle and party officials.
French courts on Monday banned far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office for five years, ruling out the frontrunner for France’s 2027 presidential race. As Le Pen now faces a lengthy appeal process, her 29-year-old protégé Jordan Bardella could well become the National Rally’s new presidential candidate.
European far-right leaders from Hungary's PM Viktor Orban to the Netherlands' Geert Wilders rallied in support of their French ally Marine Le Pen on Monday, expressing shock and anger at her conviction for embezzlement in France, which will bar the National Rally figurehead from a fourth presidential run in 2027.
A court’s conviction of the far-right leader for embezzlement and its ban on her running for office have set off a new crisis for France.
The popular right-wing French lawmaker has been barred from seeking public office over financial misconduct
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Wednesday called for European governments to co-operate on restricting immigration from countries that refuse to take back undocumented migants who are facing deportation from Europe.