French cheesemakers are expressing anger over a proposed European Union recycling rule that may see the traditional round wooden boxes used for Camembert cheese replaced with plastic ones, Sky News reported. The European Parliament is set to vote on the regulation, requiring all food packaging to...
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French Justice Minister Éric Dupont-Moretti went on trial this week for allegedly using his position to target other officials, the first minister in the country’s modern history to appear on trial while still in office, the Associated Press reported. Dupont-Moretti, whose case is being heard by...
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French President Emmanuel Macron plans to enshrine the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, a move that will make France the first nation to explicitly designate access to the procedure as a protected constitutional right, Forbes reported. Last week, the president announced that next year...
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France’s Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles evacuated visitors after receiving bomb threats Saturday, a day after the French government declared a nationwide, top-level security alert following the fatal stabbing of a teacher, Radio France Internationale reported. Officials from both venues said they received threatening...
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France’s highest administrative court rejected a class action lawsuit accusing the government of failing to stop police racial profiling, a ruling that could influence judicial advocacy actions in the country, Radio France Internationale reported Thursday. The landmark case was brought by six human rights groups who...
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French Transport Minister Clément Beaune urged calm this week amid widespread reports of bedbug infestations across the country, an issue that comes as France prepares itself to host next year’s Olympic Games, CNBC reported. In recent weeks, videos on social media have been showing the presence...
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France’s top administrative court heard a landmark case brought by human rights advocates accusing the police of failing to address widespread racial profiling during identity checks, a case that many plaintiffs hope will instigate reform within the country’s police force, Radio France Internationale reported. Friday’s hearing...
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France is drafting a law that would impose restrictions on naming plant-based meat alternatives, the first European country to do so, Sky News reported. Under the draft legislation, the government will outlaw 21 names of meat from describing protein-based products, including “steak,” “spare ribs,” “ham” or...
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Bordeaux, one of France’s renowned wine regions, is facing an uphill battle as it grapples with a combination of challenges that threaten its historic winemaking tradition, CNBC reported. Extreme weather events and shifting consumer preferences are making it increasingly difficult for winemakers to sustain their operations....
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France will ban female students in state schools from wearing the abaya, the latest policy targeting Muslim dress that the government insists is aimed at preserving the country’s secular values even as critics accuse it of being Islamophobic, CNN reported. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced this...
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The iconic booksellers along Paris’ Seine River are refusing to move their stalls to make way for the Olympic Games ceremony taking place in the French capital next year, the Local France reported. Paris officials sent a letter to the 200 booksellers along the river –...
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A French town will require dog owners to carry “passports” for their animals, after a mayor became fed up with dog feces littering the streets of his southern municipality, the Washington Post reported this week. Starting in July, dog owners in Béziers will have to register...
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The French government will pay citizens a “repair bonus” to have their clothes and shoes fixed instead of throwing them away, a scheme aimed at cutting waste and reforming the textile industry, the Guardian reported. Starting in October, people will be able to claim back between...
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Hundreds of protesters defied an official ban Saturday to demonstrate in the capital against police violence, days after the country was gripped by nationwide riots over the killing of a teenager by a police officer in a Parisian suburb, Reuters reported. Authorities dispersed demonstrators from Paris’s...
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French authorities arrested at least 180 people this week following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy by a police officer that set off days of violent protests that continued into Friday morning, which underscored the long-standing tensions between police and communities in disadvantaged neighborhoods,...
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France unveiled a series of strategies this month to tackle “overtourism” as the world’s biggest tourist destination is grappling with a surge of visitors following the lull caused by pandemic closures, Agence France-Presse reported. Tourism Minister Olivia Gregoire said France needed to better handle peak-season influxes...
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French financial authorities raided the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics Committee this week over allegations of corruption in the awarding of public contracts, Politico reported. Officials said the searches are taking place at a number of locations, including the headquarters of the Olympics Committee and...
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France banned domestic short-haul flights this week because the government wants to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, CNBC reported. The new law – published via decree – will prohibit short flights between French destinations when a train journey of fewer than 2.5 hours “provides a...
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A French appeals court upheld a prison sentence against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday on charges of corruption and influence-peddling, the Guardian reported. The ruling confirmed a 2021 verdict from a lower court that sentenced Sarkozy to three years in prison, with two years...
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French President Emmanuel Macron signed into law Saturday an unpopular reform that will raise France’s retirement age, despite mass protests against the measure and pledges by union workers to continue strikes and demonstrations, CNBC reported. The president’s signature came a day after the country’s Constitutional Council...
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