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Home Secretary Priti Patel says the British government will hand the French millions of pounds yet again to try and persuade them to stop boat migrants as a record 600 land in a single day. 

July was the busiest month for illegal migrants this year so far, with over 1,000 landing on Britain’s southern shores just last week: just the latest arrivals in a years-long migrant crisis the government has so far proven wholly unequal to.

France has extended border controls that have been in place since 2015 in defiance of the European Union’s open borders Schengen treaty and a European Court decision that hinted the French policy was unlawful.

Over seven in ten people in France are in favour of a “considerable” reduction in the amount of migration coming into the country.

A 46-year-old man was shot dead at a nude beach near Lyon by a 76-year-old nudist after the victim allegedly masturbated in front of a woman.

Having been unceremoniously told to leave his position as Prime Minister, rumours are now circulating that Boris Johnson could be the next head of NATO.

A man on the French terrorist watchlist was arrested in Marseille after brandishing a large knife and threatening passers-by in the street.

The French town of Joinville has imposed a curfew for all unaccompanied minors under the age of 16 in an effort to reduce the level of delinquency and urban violence on the streets of the town.

Populist French MP Marine Le Pen has called for sanctions to be enacted against a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party who gave a Hitler salute in the French parliament. Renaissance MP Rémy Rebeyrotte claims that he made the

The wildfires ravaging vast parts of Europe for the past week have taken an unusual toll on Pearl Jam. Band members were forced to cancel a show in Vienna on Wednesday, after front man Eddie Vedder’s voice was damaged during a performance in France.

Berlin and Paris have reportedly told Brussels that the EU must take a hard stance on Brexit and Northern Ireland with the next British PM.

A group of migrants illegally occupied a centre for Ukrainian refugees in Paris on Sunday over alleged double standards and unfair treatment.

French investigators probing the suspected deliberate lighting of a raging wildfire have detained a man for questioning.

PARIS (AP) – Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments allegedly stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people, in the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership.

Paris – French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday mark the 80th anniversary of the wartime round-up of Jews in France at a former railway station used to deport them to Auschwitz.

A survey has revealed that over seven in ten French people want foreign criminals to serve their sentences in their countries of origin after being convicted of crimes in France. The polling showed that a total of 72 per cent

The French city of Arles near Marseille has constructed a concrete block wall outside of a local school in an effort to protect students from stray gunfire after a 15-year-old was fatally shot last month. The wall, which is being

A French department has urged locals to hide their cars and garbage bins to prevent them from being set on fire.

The only surviving attacker from the November 2015 terrorist massacre in Paris has renounced the right to appeal his murder conviction.

Current French President Emmanuel Macron is alleged to have “secretly” worked to make arrangements beneficial to big tech transport firm Uber, reports have claimed.

The Interior Minister called for the deportation of all migrants who commit serious crimes no matter what their immigration status is.

A top French court has ruled that transgender men, i.e. women who have transitioned, are not eligible for artificial fertilisation treatments (IVF) after the case was brought by a transgender association.

Police in five European countries took part in an operation on Tuesday aimed at dismantling a large migrant smuggling network that organised crossings of at least 10,000 migrants across the English Channel, arresting dozens of people.

“It is unbelievable that a small nation was asked to give up its language, history and constitution-making powers”, the law professor said.

France’s National Intelligence Commission claimed that nearly 23,000 people were spied on by French authorities last year.

France’s government announced plans on Wednesday to nationalize Electricite de France S.A. (EDF), a French state-owned multinational electric utility company, to help EDF better manage a worsening energy crisis currently plaguing both France and greater Europe, Bloomberg reported.

A mob of around 80 pelted the building with projectiles and fireworks following the arrest of a man at a local football match. 

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday told French President Emmanuel Macron the “world must respond” to Iran’s malign nuclear activities, in the new Israeli premier’s first diplomatic visit since the Knesset dispersed in a dramatic showdown last week.

France repatriated 51 women and children from former Islamic State areas in Syria, according to the counterterrorism prosecutor´s office.

NICE, France (AP) – Tourism is booming again in France – and so is COVID-19. French officials have “invited” or “recommended” people to go back to using face masks but stopped short of renewing restrictions that would scare visitors away or revive anti-government protests.

Judges of the Constitutional Council will rule on whether a transitioned person will be eligible for medically assisted reproduction.

Populist firebrand Marine Le Pen has alleged that discussions on abortion in France, seemingly prompted by the recent Supreme Court decision in the United States, are being used to distract from the issue of mass immigration.

The lone survivor of a team of Islamic extremists who attack Paris in 2015 was convicted Wednesday of murder.

Over the course of an extraordinary trial, the lone surviving attacker proclaimed his radicalism, wept, and pleaded with judges to forgive.

A report conducted by a number of think tanks has found that so-called “disinformation” had little effect on recent elections in France.

An official in the administration of French President Emmanuel Macron suggested on Monday that the world should seek to expand available oil supplies from Iran and Venezuela in response to the growing energy crisis exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.