France is gearing up for potential international challenges, with its military prepared to engage in the “toughest engagements” to safeguard national interests, according to General Pierre Schill, Chief of Staff of the French Army. In an interview published on Tuesday, Schill emphasized France’s readiness to confront evolving global developments and underscored the nation’s... 

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent interview sparked intense debate and analysis across diplomatic circles. Speaking candidly to broadcasters TF2 and France 2, Macron didn’t mince words as he characterized Russia as France’s “adversary” and underscored the necessity for Ukraine to regain control over its lost territories, notably the annexed Crimean Peninsula. Macron’s... 

Emmanuel Macron has announced a bill allowing ‘assisted dying’ under ‘strict conditions’ to be presented to the Council of Ministers in April. The French President said today that adults suffering from an ‘incurable illness’ will be able to ask for help to die. Speaking to French daily newspapers Libération and La Croix, the head of state said a lethal substance... 

French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly said on Thursday that he recognizes no limits or Russian “red lines” when it comes to backing Kyiv, drawing criticism from both Moscow and the opposition at home. Macron called the opposition leaders to the Elysee Palace to discuss France’s support for Ukraine, BFMTV reported on Thursday. After more than three hours of discussion, no consensus was... 

A detailed poster promoting the 2024 Olympics in Paris has sparked outrage on social media after omitting a Christian cross from a major structure, with the French flag also observably missing. The design, created by a French illustrator over 2,000 hours, was unveiled Monday and was immediately criticized online, with some accusing the Olympic Games and French organizers of disregarding Western Civilization... 

French President Emmanuel Macron has openly discussed the potential deployment of European troops to Ukraine in an effort to aid Kyiv in its war against Russia. This consideration, though currently unlikely, prompted a strong response from the Kremlin, with a NATO official stating that the alliance has “no plans” to deploy combat troops in Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, present... 

The new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, which is expected to flood Europe with as many as 75 million new migrants, was approved on Wednesday by the European Parliament’s LIBE committee. One of the key provisions of the migrant pact is that it contains a migrant distribution system that has proven ineffectual since 2015, Róbert Gönczi, an analyst at Hungary’s Migration Research Institute, told... 

In a bizarre and shocking tale of a self-proclaimed alien prophet, Claude Vorilhon, who adopted the name ‘Raël,’ finds himself under renewed scrutiny in a four-part docuseries premiering on Netflix. Initially a French sports-car journalist, Raël embarked on a journey that led him to establish a UFO ministry in the 1970s, promising followers an “out of this world” experience... 

I went home to visit my mother. Canada tried to force me into a Covid detention facility threatening fines and police action as they don’t recognize my natural immunity. I had no choice but to immediately fly back to Europe. At the time of writing, I’m at an altitude of exactly 11,277m, 5,230km away from Vancouver, Canada, and 3,159km from my stopover in Munich, Germany, en route back to Paris,... 

France goes to the polls in 2022, and such is President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopularity that the prospect of a Le Pen victory is being seriously considered, to the extent a risk assessment has been produced by a leading think tank. With the French presidential elections now less than a year away, when cafes and bars reopen post-Covid, there will be one topic of conversation among customers to dominate... 

Even as Parisians continue to struggle under lockdown, members of the French elite, potentially including government ministers, have been caught attending rulebreaking secret restaurants in the French capital. French TV channel M6 aired secretly recorded footage of clandestine dinners taking place at an “underground restaurant located in a beautiful part” of Paris. The clip shows guests at the... 

The entirety of France will be placed under a 6pm-6am curfew for at least 15 days from Saturday in a bid to ease the pressure of Covid-19 on the country’s health system, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday. The 12-hour curfews are currently already in place for 25 of mainland France’s 95 administrative areas – known as departements – but they will now be extended to the... 

Europe faces a lengthy battle against the coronavirus at least until mid-2021, France warned on Friday, as anxious governments introduced ever more restrictions to curb the disease once again accelerating through the continent. Europe’s daily infections have more than doubled in the last 10 days, reaching a total of 7.8 million cases and about 247,000 deaths, as a second wave right before winter... 

Bars and cafes were shuttered in Paris on Tuesday for two weeks under new measures to fight the rapid spread of the epidemic, although restaurants have been allowed to remain open. With the rate of new infections, hospitalisations and deaths accelerating months after the lifting of a nationwide lockdown, new rules on social distancing entered into force on Tuesday. “These are braking measures... 

Thousands of Africans took to the streets of Paris over the weekend to call for the regularization of illegal migrants in France. The demonstration, despite being banned by the Paris police prefecture to protect against the further spread of the Chinese coronavirus, went ahead anyway, with several thousand people showing up to march in the streets, Valeurs Actuelles reports. In the region of Île-de-France,...