French bid to ban bullfighting dropped amid ‘obstruction’ in parliament
Issued on: 24/11/2022 - 19:02
A bid to ban bullfighting in France was abandoned on Thursday after a bill that would have made the blood sport illegal was withdrawn by the…
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Left-wing MP to file criminal complaint against TV host for insulting him
Issued on: 14/11/2022 - 20:08
Member of Parliament Louis Boyard, 22, of the hard-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party announced Monday that he will file a criminal…
Uproar in French parliament following racist ‘back to Africa’ outburst
Issued on: 03/11/2022 - 20:50
A French parliament session was thrown into turmoil Thursday after a far-right MP was accused of yelling "back to Africa" to a black colleague…
Protestors set to march in Paris as as fuel shortages fuel anger over inflation
Issued on: 16/10/2022 - 12:23
Three weeks into a refinery strike that has caused fuel shortages across the country, thousands of protesters are set to march in Paris on…
French leftwing parties face crisis over accusations of violence against women
Issued on: 21/09/2022 - 11:58
Two key parties in France's left-wing alliance were Wednesday facing crises after senior figures were accused of violence against women, with a…
Macron under pressure over Uber leaks, French PM faces no-confidence vote
Issued on: 11/07/2022 - 15:36Modified: 11/07/2022 - 15:41
French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne is expected to survive her first no-confidence vote in parliament on Monday…
French Prime Minister to face baptism of fire in divided parliament
Issued on: 06/07/2022 - 06:50
French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne will on Wednesday lay out the government's policy priorities in her first speech in front of what promises…
Hard-left MP to take charge of French parliament’s powerful finance committee
Issued on: 30/06/2022 - 14:37
Hard-left MP Eric Coquerel was elected chair of the French parliament's powerful finance committee on Thursday, a day after the far-right…
As France returns to the polls, can Mélenchon’s left deprive Macron of a majority?
Coming on the heels of the Élysée Palace race, France’s legislative elections are often seen as an appendix to the presidential contest, a sideshow designed to hand the freshly elected president a working majority. It’s…
A look at Melenchon opposition group’s past five years in the National Assembly
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left France Unbowed (La France Insoumise or LFI) party, which came in third in the first round of the 2022 presidential election, has had 17 MPs in the National Assembly since the 2017 …