French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigns

[ad_1] The 62-year-old has held the position since May 2022. ADVERTISEMENT French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, the president’s office said. Borne’s…

France’s wealthiest better protected by anti-inflation measures

[ad_1] Many of France’s more modest earners only saw partial inflation relief, whereas the richest Parisians were overcompensated for losses caused by inflation, the study says. ADVERTISEMENT Inflation was largely…

New Caledonia independence party suggests ‘international mediation’

[ad_1] The question of the French Pacific region’s constitutional future remains far from settled despite three referendums. ADVERTISEMENT New Caledonia’s main pro-independence party has reaffirmed its rejection of the document…

France wants new international coalition to fight Hamas

[ad_1] From the suggestion to create an international coalition to fight Hamas to a warning to Iran, here’s everything Emmanuel Macron said during his visit to Israel. ADVERTISEMENT Emmanuel Macron…

Marine Le Pen convicted of defamation against French NGO

[ad_1] Marine Le Pen was convicted of defamation against a French NGO helping migrants, Cimade, which she had accused of being accomplices to smugglers. She was ordered to pay €500…

Police killing of teen sparks rage in Paris suburb

[ad_1] PARIS — French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin called Wednesday “for calm and for the truth of the judicial investigation” after protests erupted in a Paris suburb over the fatal…

Post-truth era

[ad_1] Economic stagnation and the emergence of populist politics. Economic stagnation and the emergence of populist politics. Oxford dictionaries declared “post-truth” to be its international word of the year. Oxford’s…

Macron avoids crowds on latest trip to provincial France after pensions crisis

[ad_1] A visit Macron made to eastern France last Wednesday was marked by acrimonious face-to-face confrontations between the head of state and some inhabitants unhappy over the raise in the…

Police block protesters as Macron faces down hostile crowds in rural France

[ad_1] After facing angry voters on Wednesday in eastern Alsace, the 45-year-old head of state travelled to the southern Herault region on Thursday to discuss education. The trips outside Paris…

Will France’s new government be more accepting of cryptos?

[ad_1] Defying France’s traditional financial systems and figures to convince them of the benefits of cryptocurrency was a sluggish battle for Pierre Person, a plucky 33-year-old who served as a…