Macron Appoints Gabriel Attal, France’s Youngest and First Openly Gay Prime Minister After Dismissing Borne
Macron loyalist seen as a high-flyer rapidly rising through French politics, having attended an elite Paris school and university.
Macron loyalist seen as a high-flyer rapidly rising through French politics, having attended an elite Paris school and university.
The rumoured reshuffle of Emmanuel Macron’s govt to face down Le Pen’s populists appears to have arrived, as the PM resigns at his request.
Senators in France started debating a bill Monday that is intended to toughen the country’s immigration laws.
The French high school which saw a suspected Islamist terror attack last week was evacuated again Monday morning over a possible bomb threat.
A murder investigation was launched after French rioters rammed a flaming car into a mayor’s home and injuring his wife and child as they fled.
In a sign that the protests against Macron do not appear to be going away, some 782,000 people poured onto the streets of France on Monday.
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.
France remains in a state of chaos on Tuesday as the 10th straight day of union strikes is marked by fuel-pump shortages and government infighting.
Police vehicles were torched and clashes were seen as thousands of officers squared off with radical climate change activists on Saturday.
Motions of no-confidence were filed on Friday after President Emmanuel Macron’s government used a loophole to try to pass its pension reform.
Hundreds of arrests were made in Paris as riots sprung up after the government invoked a loophole to pass its controversial pension reform.
The French government was thrown into chaos after it used a constitutional loophole to pass a rise to the retirement age without a vote.
During the holiday season, people should once again cover their mouths with masks, French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said on Tuesday.
France may still see power cuts and therefore will seek to import energy from Britain and other European neighbours, a utility chairman said.
Mayhem broke out at cost of living protests in Paris on Tuesday, with rioters clashing with police and smashing windows.
France’s Prime Minister has threatened that the EU will be “vigilant” towards any threat to its pro-abortion regime after Italy’s historic general election.
Russia has reduced the amount of gas it is sending to a major energy company in France, the Prime Minister of which has already warned that energy rationing over the winter is now on the cards.
The French prime minister has announced that the government is dedicating an extra €1.5 billion to the state’s green agenda despite the country’s ongoing cost of living crisis.
France will be creating an “Ambassador for LGBT+ rights” by the end of the year, as well as funding for ten new “LGBT+ centres”, French prime minister Elisabeth Borne announced on Thursday.
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 (AP) – France’s high-profile culture minister has been hospitalized for COVID-19, the latest senior official to become ill as the nation faces a third surge of coronavirus infections, this one propelled by a highly contagious variant first found in Britain.