[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — Emmanuel Macron’s government faces several motions of no confidence in the National Assembly Monday after his government forced through a deeply unpopular pensions reform bill last week. Protesters took to the streets in major cities overContinue Reading
[ad_1] The French Senate voted in favor of the controversial pension reform overnight, paving the way for a potential final adoption of the law on Thursday, as thousands of people continue to demonstrate across the country. The widespread opposition to the retirement overhaul is a political test to French PresidentContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — Vegetarian sushi and rugby brought the leaders of Britain and France together after years of Brexit rows. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday held the two countries’ first bilateral summitContinue Reading
[ad_1] PARIS — A controversial video surveillance system cleared a legislative hurdle Wednesday to be used during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics amid opposition from left-leaning French politicians and digital rights NGOs, who argue it infringes upon privacy standards. The National Assembly’s law committee approved the system, but also voted toContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The European Union regulates all sorts of banks: money banks, blood banks, sperm banks. Its next target? Breast milk banks. Brussels bureaucrats want to homogenize the rules overseeing the donation and use of donor breast milk across theContinue Reading
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron called on Monday for his country to build “a new, balanced relationship” with Africa, as the former colonial power seeks to reduce its military presence on the continent. “The objective of this new era is to deploy our security presence in a partnership-based approach,” MacronContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — It was clear when Boris Johnson was forced from Downing Street that British politics had changed forever. But few could have predicted that less than six months later, all angry talk of a cross-Channel trade warContinue Reading
[ad_1] PARIS — French parents had better think twice before posting too many pictures of their offspring on social media. On Tuesday, members of the National Assembly’s law committee unanimously green-lit draft legislation to protect children’s rights to their own images. “The message to parents is that their job is toContinue Reading
[ad_1] MUNICH — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday called out Vladimir Putin for telling him last year that the paramilitary Wagner Group had nothing to do with Russia. “A year ago I spoke to Putin and he assured me Russia had nothing to do with the Wagner Group,” heContinue Reading
[ad_1] La Fête du Citron, Menton 11-26 FebruaryBeat the winter blues with a trip to one of France’s sunniest towns: Menton is famous for its lemons which thrive in the microclimate in this corner of the Côte d’Azur. For two weeks each February, the town celebrates all things citrus withContinue Reading