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Violence: Borne wants a return to "order", divided political groups

Elisabeth Borne wished Monday the return to "order" after several nights of violence which followed the death of the young Nahel killed by a...

Nanterre: a police support kitty exceeds one million euros

A pot of support for the family of the policeman who shot the young Nahel last week in Nanterre collected more than a million...

Macron with Parisian police after several nights of riots

Emmanuel Macron considered sanctioning the families "financially" during a meeting Monday evening with the police in Paris to which he gave his "support" after...

After the attack on L'Haÿ-les-Roses, David Lisnard calls for a rally of mayors

Messages of support and indignation are crowding on Sunday July 2 as the LR mayor of L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Vincent Jeanbrun, saw his home attacked overnight...

Clashes and looting, Marseille receives police reinforcements

Looting, throwing projectiles at police vehicles, tear gas: a few days after the death of young Nahel during a police check, Marseille experienced a...

The town hall of Lyon asks for reinforcements in the face of the riots

The EELV mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet, expressed, this Saturday, July 1, his wish to see police reinforcements sent immediately to the Rhône-Alpes metropolis....

Riots: Olivier Faure "in deep disagreement" with Mélenchon

The First Secretary of the PS Olivier Faure said on Saturday "in deep disagreement" with Jean-Luc Mélenchon on his position vis-à-vis urban violence, during...

Urban riots sharpen differences within Nupes

"We cannot give the feeling of encouraging and accepting violence": the urban riots bring to light the differences within Nupes, where even the boss...

Riots: the government deploys light armored vehicles, tensions persist

The government renewed its security measures on Saturday in anticipation of a fifth consecutive night of urban riots after the death on Tuesday of...

Urban violence: Macron convenes a new crisis meeting

Emmanuel Macron will chair a new interministerial crisis cell at 1 p.m. in Paris, for the second time in two days, after a third...

Faced with the riots, the right and the far right compete in calls for...

The right and the far right, exasperated by urban violence, compete in calls for firmness in the face of urban violence, questioning an executive...

Lecornu case: the investigation for illegal taking of interests dismissed

Accused of illegal taking of interests, the current Minister of Defense, Sébastien Lecornu, chose to regularize his situation by reimbursing the sum of his...

Judicial information opened against Damien Abad

Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and People with Disabilities from May to July 2022 and targeted by rape charges, Damien Abad announced that he had...

New record for the number of detainees in French prisons

A new historic record: with 73,699 people incarcerated in French prisons, the number of detainees reached a new unprecedented peak on June 1 and...

Riots: social networks, amplifying effect in the sights of the government

Three nights of urban riots relayed en masse on social networks: TikTok, Snapchat and others are in the crosshairs of the government, which denounces...

After Le Graët's defamation complaint, Minister Oudéa-Castera targeted by the CJR

A new procedure against a member of the government and a new stage in the war between the Minister of Sports and the ex-boss...

Social networks: France will impose compulsory parental consent before the age of 15

The French Parliament is preparing to vote on Thursday requiring social media platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram to verify the age of...

Macron and the unions: behind the scenes of the pension battle

The scene takes place in late 2011 or possibly 2012 – memories are hazy – at the bar of the Crown Plaza Hotel. The...

Forest fires: Parliament steps up prevention

Reinforced brush clearing obligations, criminally punishable cigarette butt throwing: at the start of a high-risk summer and while Canada is in the grip of...

Social networks: mandatory parental consent before the age of 15 adopted by Parliament

More social networks without parental consent: Parliament adopted on Thursday the obligation for platforms like TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram to verify the age of...

Riots: in the Val d'Oise, Borne calls to "avoid any escalation"

Elisabeth Borne called on Thursday to "avoid any escalation" in the violence during a visit to Garges-lès-Gonesse, where the town hall was set on...

Riots: Ciotti calls for a state of emergency and targets part of the left

Republican President Eric Ciotti called on Thursday for a state of emergency to be declared in neighborhoods that have been the scene of violence...

But what is the Court of Auditors for?

To keep our public finances in check, we will have to do more: this Thursday, June 29, the Court of Auditors again tapped the...

The Senate votes on the military programming bill, with an accelerated pace of spending

The Senate widely adopted on Thursday at first reading the military programming bill (LPM), which provides for an overall envelope of 413 billion euros...

Brittany: investigation opened after a mayor received a bullet by mail

An investigation for "death threat materialized by an object" was opened after the receipt by the mayor of Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer (Côtes-d'Armor) of a letter containing...

Death of Nahel in Nanterre: the escalation of the left

Always quick to denounce the political instrumentalization of its opponents, the left did not hesitate to react to the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old...

International Trade Union Confederation accuses France of 'police brutality' and 'indiscriminate arrests' in protests

France was sharply singled out on Friday June 30 by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) for its muscular response to the protest against...

Death of Nahel: new night of violence in the Paris suburbs and elsewhere in...

Judicial information was opened on Thursday for intentional homicide against the policeman who fired the shot during a traffic check that led to the...

Schools, port, digital: Macron outlines a new ambition for Marseille

Innovative schools, low-carbon port, digital capital: Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday outlined a new ambition for Marseille, calling on it to look "out to sea"...

Marseille: substandard housing and port development on Emmanuel Macron's agenda

The fight against unfit housing and the development of the port will be on the menu for the third and final day of President...

Griveaux case: start of the trial of Piotr Pavlenski and Alexandra de Taddeo

In February 2020, the majority tenor Benjamin Griveaux abandoned his campaign for mayor of Paris after the broadcast of intimate videos. More than three...

Minor killed in Nanterre: Macron evokes an "inexplicable" and "inexcusable" act

"Inexplicable" and "inexcusable", these are the words used by Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday morning to describe the death of Nahel, this 17-year-old teenager killed...

A majority of French people are in favor of keeping Elisabeth Borne at Matignon

Elisabeth Borne remains Emmanuel Macron's "best choice" for Matignon. This is the main lesson of a Cluster 17 survey for Le Point. While rumors...

Emmanuel Macron on the hunt for sleep merchants in Marseille

Traveling to Marseille, Emmanuel Macron split a strong announcement. According to the President of the Republic, it is necessary to "be able to expropriate...

Macron ends his Marseille marathon by tackling unsanitary housing

Emmanuel Macron concluded his three-day marathon visit to Marseille on Wednesday with a long-awaited action plan to fight against unsanitary housing and asked the...

Menstrual leave ruled out after Senate report

Four senators published their report this Wednesday, June 28 on an issue relating to the health of women in the workplace. The possibility of...

France "is not ready to face" the effects of climate change

France is still not reducing its emissions enough to do its part in the fight against climate change and is not "ready to face"...

Hijab in football: the Council of State denounces "attacks" against the independence of justice

The Council of State denounced Wednesday, June 28 "attacks" against the independence of justice after the avalanche of political reactions following the examination of...

Marseille: schools on the menu for Emmanuel Macron's second day

After a first day spent "pounding" drug trafficking, Emmanuel Macron will visit a school being renovated on Tuesday, education being a key objective of...

A toxic cocktail detected in the hair of senators

What's in the hair of senators? Mercury, pesticides, plasticizers, but also "rare earths", these metals used in smartphones and other high-tech objects, reveals an...