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French parliament approves anti-Muslim bill despite widespread opposition
Jul 24, 2021 08:36The French parliament has after a months-long debate passed a controversial anti-Muslim bill despite strong criticisms from lawmakers who assert that the legislation breaches religious freedom.
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Anger over France’s new COVID rules re-energizes Yellow Vests
Jul 23, 2021 08:50Public anger against the French government’s renewed measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 has re-invigorated the Yellow Vest protest movement, insisting that the move amounts to an attack on civil liberties.
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Macron changes phone in wake of Israeli spyware reports
Jul 23, 2021 01:27French President Emmanuel Macron has changed his phone and phone number in light of allegations that Israel's Pegasus spyware might have targeted him, a presidency official has said.
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French police fire tear gas as thousands protest against new coronavirus rules
Jul 15, 2021 03:01French police officers have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who took to the streets of the capital, Paris, to protest against the new coronavirus restrictions, as the country looks to avoid a surge in more cases with the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
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Dutch PM sorry for early reopening as France tightens COVID rules
Jul 14, 2021 04:22As governments in multiple EU states struggle to curb an increasingly alarming surge in COVID-19 cases, the Dutch Premier, Mark Rutte, has apologized and conceded that restrictions reinstated this weekend were lifted too soon.
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Macron says closure of French bases in Mali to begin soon
Jul 10, 2021 00:32French’s President Emmanuel Macron says France would begin the process of shutting its bases in northern Mali later this year.
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Iranian, French navy chiefs meet on Reunion Island
Jun 30, 2021 01:04The Navy commanders of Iran and France held talks on the sidelines of a meeting of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) on the Reunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean.
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Le Pen’s far-right party suffers blow in French regional elections
Jun 29, 2021 14:03Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has suffered a serious electoral blow when it failed to win a regional election in its stronghold in the south of France. The Rassemblement National (RN) had pinned its last chances on taking the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region (PACA) after emerging victorious from last week’s first-round vote, although by a small margin.
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‘Slap in the face’ for Macron as French voters shun local elections
Jun 22, 2021 16:02The French President, Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party received what one of its own MPs called a “slap in the face” in regional and department elections on Sunday (20 Jun 2021). The president and his government failed to mobilise supporters, with an estimated 68% of voters shunning the polling stations – an unprecedented rate of abstention.
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35 French lawmakers rip UAE official’s candidacy to be Interpol chief
Jun 19, 2021 00:35Dozens of French legislators have protested against the candidacy of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry official for president of Interpol, calling on President Emmanuel Macron to oppose the move.