A police unit from the Rouen police in northern France was violently attacked by around 15 individuals during an arrest on Tuesday evening, according to video footage and media reports. Several amateur videos showing the attack were posted on social media and viewed tens of thousands of times. A suspect, just arrested by the police, managed to flee in handcuffs after youths attacked the officers,... 

A 42-year-old Muslim man of African descent from Ivory Coast, who exerted a violent influence on four women and his wife, and 29 children in Nogaro in the Gers was indicted in Agen. He was placed in detention for acts of unprecedented violence. Since the revelation of the affair, the parents of students have been stunned. No one wants to comment on this sensitive matter. The few parents interviewed... 

France’s presidential election race has narrowed even further as a shock poll found that most young people are planning to back nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen over Emmanuel Macron. A new YouGov survey this week shows that more than half (56 per cent) of voters aged 18 to 24 would back Le Pen, whose National Rally party has vowed to clampdown on immigration, reassert France’s national... 

Former French intelligence chief Pierre Brochand warns that unless Europe and France radically change their policies on mass immigration, civil war could break out, asserting, “all multicultural societies are doomed.” Brochand, who served as director of the French DGSE from 2002 to 2008, made the comments during an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro. “All ‘multicultural’ societies... 

A security guard working at a mall in France was beaten into a coma by a suspect from Africa last week, according to reports. The shocking incident unfolded at around 9.m. on Wednesday evening in Hauts-de-Seine, a department in the suburbs of Paris. A 62-year-old guard working at Westfield Les 4 Temps mall in La Défense business district was savagely attacked by a male suspect for unknown reasons,... 

French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his promise to issue struggling families with food vouchers amid sharp rises in fuel and raw materials costs, caused, as he claimed, by the ongoing Russian military offensive in Ukraine. In an interview with France Bleu radio on Tuesday, Macron said the world is facing “a global food crisis.” Emphasizing that France has advised fellow European countries... 

A security officer was stabbed by an African ‘youth’ when he tried to intervene in an armed robbery on a platform in the Paris metro, according to reports. The incident unfolded at around 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening in the French capital. Three off-duty GPSR officers from the Autonomous Parisian Transportation Administration (RATP) were heading home after a training session when they observed... 

National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen has suspended her campaign for the French presidency as she is struggling to obtain enough support from local leaders, her spokesman said on Tuesday. Le Pen’s press conference on Wednesday concerning education has been cancelled, as has her trip to the Somme at the weekend. She told RTL on Tuesday morning that she lacked “just over 40” signatures of support... 

During a television debate, French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut said it would take a “fanatical denial of reality” to disregard the “spectacular” demographic changes that are taking place in Europe. Alain Finkielkraut, who is one of 40 lifetime members of the 400-year-old Académie Française, which serves to safeguard the French language and culture, made the comments during an appearance... 

More than 50,000 people protested against stricter Covid-19 measures in France on Saturday, as the upper house of parliament approved a bill introducing a vaccine pass. Around 54,000 people protested across the country, including 7,000 who marched in the capital, according to the Interior Ministry. Some held banners that read “Freedom” and “Democracy in danger.” “I’m against the vaccine... 

French tennis ace Pierre-Hugues Herbert has become the first unvaccinated tennis player to announce his withdrawal from next month’s Australian Open. Herbert won the men’s doubles title at the tournament two years ago along with countryman Nicolas Mahut and is ranked eighth in the world in doubles. The pair won the 2021 French Open and were considered one of the favorites for this year’s Australian... 

France has imposed a curfew on its overseas territory of Guadeloupe and is sending extra police to the island, citing days of “violence,” unrest and vandalism in response to harsh pandemic restrictions. “Given the ongoing social unrest and acts of vandalism, the prefect of Guadeloupe has decided to establish a curfew starting today from 6pm to 5am,” Alexandre Rochatte, who represents the archipelago... 

Officers at France’s Saint-Lazare station have reportedly shot a knife-wielding man who ran at staff shouting, “Allahu Akbar! France is ruled by the Islamic State,” following a routine request to follow Covid safety protocols. The man was shot on Monday evening, after he threatened station staff with a knife, leaving one security officer seriously injured, according to France’s BFMTV. According... 

Migrants in the town of Alençon, France, rioted, set fire to vehicles and attacked police and firefighters after authorities arrested a 16-year-old suspect for dealing drugs. Around 20 young men hit the streets to cause chaos in response to the arrest, throwing fireworks at emergency personnel, a common tactic during migrant riots. “We deplore this night of urban violence in Perseigne, in Alençon,... 

Conservative politician Gilles Platret was blasted by members of his own party and reported to the authorities after claiming that French people were being “ethnically cleansed” by migrants. Platret, who is vice-president of the centre-right Les Républicains (LR) and Mayor of Chalon-sur-Saône, made the comments during an appearance on French television. “What we see today in some neighbourhoods...