Macron shifts to right on immigration as asylum demands grow and tent cities swell
French lawmakers are grappling with one of the country's thorniest issues. On Monday, they began debating immigration at a time when tent cities have expanded in urban areas across the country and asylum demands are spiking. With municipal elections months away, President Emmanuel Macron has pledged ...
Paris knife attacker had USB drive with info on police HQ colleagues: media
An IT worker who killed four people at Paris police headquarters with a knife last week had a USB drive with personal details about his colleagues, French daily Le Parisien reported on Monday. The attacker on Thursday killed three police officers and an administrative worker ...
Doctors, lawyers and pilots protest in Paris over Macron's pension reforms
Lawyers in flowing black courtroom gowns, doctors in white coats and uniformed airline pilots marched through Paris on Monday to protest at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms. Macron's government has just launched one of the most ambitious reforms of his presidency — to merge ...
France to open debate on femicide and domestic violence in September
The French government will in September begin a major consultation on domestic violence in order to stamp out gender-based murder and violence against women, a minister said on Sunday. Since January, 75 women have died as a result of "femicide" — murder at the hands ...
France awaits results from Emmanuel Macron's 'Great National Debate'
Over three months, France's "Great National Debate" has led to 10,000 local meetings, around 2 million online contributions and 100 hours of presidential talking. On Monday, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe begins trying to make sense of it all. The debate was launched in January by ...
France makes late 'finance friendly' pitch to woo Brexit bankers weighing move to Frankfurt
A government push to make France more "finance-friendly" is raising Paris' chances of attracting Brexit-fleeing banks from London although it is raising its game at a late stage in the process, a group of senior financial industry executives said. Eager to keep Frankfurt from getting ...
