About 27,000 French police officers demonstrated, according to union officials, driven by frustration over working conditions, public image and a wave of suicides this year.
Author: ADAM NOSSITER
France Didn’t Ban Pesticides Near Towns. So Mayors Are Doing It Themselves.
A mayor banned pesticide use on the farms surrounding his village. Even though he was prosecuted for doing so, dozens of other mayors have followed his lead.
Transit Strike Slows Paris to a Crawl, in a Warning to Macron
The government’s pension reform plan would take aim at early retirement for some people, like transit workers, who consider it a benefit they have earned.
Rooster ‘Was Just Being Himself’: Court Rules He Can Keep Crowing
A judge in France dismissed a couple’s lawsuit that a rooster was a nuisance and said the bird had a right to crow in his rural habitat.
How Emmanuel Macron Positioned Himself as Star of the G7 Show
The French president seemed to be everywhere at once at the summit he hosted in Biarritz, using the opportunity to reassert the efficacy of the European approach to global problems.
Notre-Dame Fire Released Toxic Lead That Authorities Dismissed, Lawsuit Says
A French environmental group alleges that officials did not warn the public about the dangerous levels of lead released during the Notre-Dame fire.
In an Epic Standoff, Unarmed Algerians Get the Army to Blink
They protest twice a week, and the army allows it, wary of a bloody confrontation. So Algeria’s still-bloodless revolution continues.
French Minister Who Dined on Lobster at Taxpayers’ Expense Resigns
François de Rugy was shown to have hosted family and friends for lavish meals at his official residence when he was president of the National Assembly.
5 Lobster Tails and a $560 Bottle of Wine, at Taxpayers’ Expense, Give Macron a Headache
After a photo was publicized showing France’s ecology minister enjoying a lavish meal at taxpayer expense, President Emmanuel Macron was confronted with more accusations of elitism in his government.
35 Employees Committed Suicide. Will Their Bosses Go to Jail?
After a wave of worker suicides under their management, former executives at France Télécom have been charged with the crime of “moral harassment.”