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Protests across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old last Tuesday have been described as like a “mini civil war” by a British national living in Marseille.
Family of slained teen urge for unrest to ‘calm down’
On 9 June 2024, the National Rally party headed by Jordan Bardella, obtained 31.36% of the votes in the European parliamentary elections, causing French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly and call for new legislative elections in two rounds on 30 June and 7 July 2024, to elect the 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic.
Since Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France on 7 May 2017, a series of protests have been conducted by trade union activists, left-wing activists and right-wing activists in opposition to what protesters consider to be neoliberal policies and globalism, [3] [4] his support of state visits by certain world leaders, [5] [6] his positions on French labour law reform, [7] [8] [9] as well ...
The protests began on 17 November 2018, and attracted more than 300,000 people across France with protesters constructing barricades and blocking roads. [ 98 ] [ 144 ] John Lichfield, a journalist who witnessed the riots, described them as insurrectional.
Protests across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old last Tuesday have been described as like a “mini civil war” by a British national living in Marseille.
Protest over the death of a 17-year-old boy in France spread to neighbouring Switzerland and Belgium.. In the Swiss city of Lausanne, clashes erupted between the police and groups of protesters ...
Watch live as protests continue in France today, 16 February, over the government’s pension reforms. Under Emmanuel Macron’s proposals, employees will work two years longer before retirement ...