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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 ...
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 ...
Family of slained teen urge for unrest to ‘calm down’
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.
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 ...
1947 strikes in France; 2005 French riots; Reactions to the 2005 French riots; Timeline of the 2005 French riots; 2006 youth protests in France; 2007–2009 university protests in France; 2009 French Caribbean general strikes; 2009 French riots; 2017 French riots; 2024 French protests against the National Rally
At least 78 people were reportedly arrested across France yesterday, significantly down from 719 arrests the day before. More than 3,000 people have been detained overall following a mass security ...