France
Paris votes on whether electric scooters should be banned
On 2 April, Paris will decide whether the capital city’s 15,000 for-hire electric scooters will survive. The city hall has called for…
Photo Story: The drought in southern France
Boats abandoned on the shores of the Serre-Poncon lake at low water, the waters of the lake have dropped sharply due to…
Ryanair boss calls French strike a ‘scandal’, demands overflight measures
The boss of Ryanair on Wednesday said French air traffic control were a "scandal" and called for Eu ropean Union measures to…
Angry youths challenge Macron and his pension law
Teenager Charles Chauliac is angry that French President Emmanuel Macron plans to delay the retirement of hard-working folk like his parents, and…
French pension protest blocks entry to Louvre museum
PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - Trade union protesters angered by President Emmanuel Macron's move to raise the French retirement age without a…
Why is Macron in so much trouble over pension reform?
By Richard Lough PARIS, (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron faces the toughest challenge to his authority after his government bypassed the lower…
Macron under pressure to find way out of pension crisis after night of clashes
By Elizabeth Pineau and Dominique Vidalon PARIS, March 24 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron was under pressure on Friday to find a…
UPDATED: King Charles’s visit to France postponed over violent protests, trip to Germany will go ahead
By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS, March 24 (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles on Friday cancelled a state visit to…
Violence hits France in day of anger over Macron’s pension changes
By Horaci Garcia, John Irish and Ingrid Melander PARIS, (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas and fought with violent black-clad anarchists in…
Nationwide protests in France after Macron doubles down on pension bill
By John Irish PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people were set to strike and demonstrate in France on…
‘Weakened’ Macron sticks with pension bill, eyes new reforms
French President Emmanuel Macron is looking to regain the initiative with new reforms in the coming weeks after his government barely survived…
French govt narrowly survives no-confidence vote
President Emmanuel Macron's government narrowly survived a no confidence motion in the National Assembly on Monday, after bypassing the lower house to…