Confidence in French President Macron has fallen to its lowest level since the 2018 Yellow Vest protests, as Marine Le Pen’s right-wing populists surge.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won a historic number of seats on Sunday as President Macron failed to maintain his parliamentary majority.
Emmanuel Macron’s alliance got the most seats in the final round of the parliamentary election, but it lost its majority, projections show.
French voters are going to the polls in the final round of key parliamentary elections for President Emmanuel Macron.
France will reportedly call for the creation of yet another globalist European institution, which could include both Ukraine and the UK.
French President Emmanuel Macron was pelted with a flurry of tomatoes during his first public appearance since winning re-election on Sunday.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says he “informed” the leaders of France and Germany of the “real situation” in Ukraine in a three-way telephone call on Saturday, alleging various “gross violations of the international humanitarian law” by Ukraine.
French police have squared off with protesters attempting to establish a Canadian-style convoy in Paris in response to coronavirus measures.
Paris police intercepted at least 500 vehicles attempting to enter the French capital inspired by Canada’s horn-honking “Freedom Convoy.”
The French government introduced a new body to reshape Islam in France, part of President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to rid it of extremism.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the right to abortion to be added to the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights
In a shock move, the French National Assembly rejected a push to transform the nation’s COVID pass into a fully vaccine passport.
The implementation of vaccine passports in France is a “disguised” mandate, the country’s Minister of Health admitted on Sunday.
The doubly vaccinated French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, has been forced to go into quarantine after testing positive for COVID on Monday.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison denied that he lied to French President Emmanuel Macron while secretly negotiating a submarine deal with the United States and Britain, an accusation that has escalated a rift over Australia’s surprise cancellation of a French deal.
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights is a test of the U.K.’s credibility in a post-Brexit world.
The French government is considering requiring a third jab of a coronavirus vaccine in order for people to continue to qualify for the country’s vaccine passport, which is required to access many public spaces including cafes, bars, and restaurants.
Fishermen in Jersey have accused the French of piracy as tensions increase over France’s demands for more licences to trawl in British waters, with the Jersey fishermen saying that should the French attempt to blockade their port again, they will retaliate.
Emmanuel Macron is said to be willing to trade control of France’s permanent seat on the UN Security Council to Brussels for an EU Army.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s personal vaccine passport QR code has been leaked, raising privacy concerns about the system.
The streets of France were flooded for the ninth straight week with protesters against President Emmanuel Macron’s vaccine passport scheme.
Tory MP David Davis called for the “unnecessary emergency powers” given to the government under the Coronavirus Act to be removed.
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has announced he will run for the French presidency, vowing to take a harder line on immigration than incumbent Emmanuel Macron.
For the sixth straight week, hundreds of thousands of people in France took to the streets against Emmanuel Macron’s health pass scheme.
The movement against vaccine passports in France grew to over 150 cities on Saturday, with with 150,000 protesting against health passes.
PARIS (AP) – Some 160,000 people, including far-right activists and members of France’s yellow vest movement, protested Saturday across the country against a bill requiring everyone to have a special virus pass to enter restaurants and mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all health care workers.
PAPEETE, French Polynesia (AP) – President Emmanuel Macron is visiting French Polynesia to showcase France’s commitment to the region amid concerns about the impact of climate change on the Pacific island territory, the legacy of French nuclear testing on its atolls – and most of all, growing Chinese dominance in the region.
French businesses that do not check people for vaccine passports, the so-called “health pass”, could face fines of up to €45,000 and a year in prison under a proposed new French law.
Vaccine passports for bars, restaurants and public transport will become mandatory in France starting next month, Emmanuel Macron announced.
PARIS (AP) – A French far-left leader got a faceful of flour at the start of a Paris march Saturday against “the ideas of the far right,” days after the French president was slapped while greeting a crowd.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iranian authorities indicted a French tourist on charges of spying and spreading propaganda against the system, his lawyer said Sunday. It was the latest in a series of cases against foreigners amid heightened tensions between Iran and the West.
(AFP) — The conflict in the Middle East has stirred up a diplomatic stand-off at the United Nations between France and the United States, the first open tension between the two allies since President Joe Biden took power.
PARIS (AP) – France’s prime minister is proposing tougher and faster punishment for people who attack the police, as the government pays a national tribute to the latest police officer killed in the line of duty.
France could be next to leave the European Union if President Macron fails to learn the lessons of Brexit in areas such as migration, says EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier.
The French government has rejected the use of the term “Islamophobia”, saying Islamists use it to silence criticism of radical Islam.
AMIENS, France (AP) – As France battles a new virus surge that many believe was avoidable, intensive care nurse Stephanie Sannier manages her stress and sorrow by climbing into her car after a 12-hour shift, blasting music and singing as loud as she can.
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to impose new virus restrictions in a televised address to the nation Wednesday night, amid growing pressure to act more boldly to combat surging coronavirus hospitalizations.
PARIS (AP) — The number of patients in intensive care in France is fast approaching the worst point of the country’s last coronavirus surge in the autumn of 2020, another indicator of how a renewed crush of infections is bearing down on French hospitals.
BRUSSELS (AP) – Europe’s vaccine solidarity got a shot in the arm Friday as France rallied to support Italy, saying it could follow suit in blocking exports of coronavirus vaccines outside the European Union if necessary to enforce its own contracts with drugs manufacturers.
PARIS (AP) — As French President Emmanuel Macron rides out the coronavirus in a presidential retreat at Versailles, French doctors are warning families who are heading for the holidays to remain cautious because of an uptick in infections — especially at the dinner table.
