President Emmanuel Macron addressed the country tonight as infections surged, hospitals swelled with patients and the virus reached into classrooms.
Author: CONSTANT MEHEUT
In the Latin Quarter, Paris’s Intellectual Heartbeat Grows Fainter
The closing of beloved bookstores is the latest in a series of blows to the neighborhood’s cultural vibrancy, a long decline accelerated by the pandemic.
‘Children Are Off-Limits’: France on Course to Set 15 as Age of Consent
The bill, which characterizes sex between adults and minors under 15 as rape, was adopted by the National Assembly after a series of sexual abuse scandals and may become law by April.
Lifting Veil on Algeria War Trauma, France Eases Access to Archives
Historians say there are still impediments to their research on the Algerian War, which remains sensitive in France, and point to the resealing of tens of thousands of once-public documents last year.
Pressuring France to Bring Them Home, Women Who Joined ISIS Stage Hunger Strike
Frenchwomen who joined the Islamic State and are now held in squalid detention camps in Syria have gone on a hunger strike to protest France’s refusal to bring them back.
Pressuring France to Bring Them Home, Women Who Joined ISIS Stage Hunger Strike
Frenchwomen who joined the Islamic State and are now held in squalid detention camps in Syria have gone on a hunger strike to protest France’s refusal to bring them back.
French TV Presenter Investigated Over Rape Accusations
Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, a household name in France, is accused of sexually assaulting a female writer.
Head of Elite French University Resigns Following Professor Incest Case
Frédéric Mion, the director of the prestigious Sciences Po university, acknowledged “errors in judgment in my handling of the allegations.”
Court Faults France Over ‘Ecological Damage’ From Its Emissions Levels
A Paris court said the French state had failed to meet its commitments on greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit is among a growing number of such legal actions internationally.