A French football league match on Saturday between Olympique de Marseille (OM) and Rennes was postponed due to violent protests by Marseille fans in southern France. “The Round 22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats match between Olympique de Marseille and Stade Rennais [Rennes] has been postponed,”
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of France on Saturday to express their anger over a security bill they say is anti-democratic. Others were protesting on behalf of the culture and arts sectors, both of which have been hit hard by the restrictions imposed to prevent the
The French economy lurched back into contraction in the final quarter of last year but not as much as expected after the country faced a second coronavirus lockdown, official data released on Friday showed. The euro zone’s second-biggest economy shrank 1.3% in the final three
President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France’s road map for easing the crisis in Lebanon was still on the table and he planned to make a third visit there, Al Arabiya television reported. Speaking at a media round table, he said the French plan
French President Emmanuel Macron called for international regulation to curb the spread of ideological extremism in Western democracies, chiding tech companies and political correctness for allowing it to flourish. Speaking to a group of reporters inside the Élysée Palace, Mr. Macron said the storming of
France said on Friday that it would close its borders to non-European Union countries as cases rise and the government struggles to avoid a new lockdown. Jean Castex, the French prime minister, said that all travel between France and nations outside of the E.U. would
The two coronavirus lockdowns in 2020 caused the French economy to suffer its worst economic marker since World War II, the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) said Friday. The gross domestic product (GDP) fell 8.3%, said the Paris-based bureau in a report
A restaurant owner was in police custody on Thursday after he defied France’s coronavirus restrictions by inviting dozens of people to eat in a revolt against the government’s ban on the opening of cafes and other eateries. The incident underscored the risks for President Emmanuel
Covid-19 lockdowns sparked a big drop in the number of reported crimes in France last year, except for domestic violence and rape cases which continued to rise, the interior ministry said on Thursday. As a result of “exceptional circumstances” brought on by the coronavirus epidemic, which
The daily number of new coronavirus infections in France stayed above 20,000 on average for the fourth straight day on Tuesday while hospitalisations reached an eight-week high of 27,041, increasing fears of a third national lockdown. President Emmanuel Macron still hopes a 6 p.m. curfew