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Date created : 18/12/2018 – 08:34 Major French toll road operator Vinci Autoroutes is planning to invoice motorists who drove on without paying during the recent “Yellow Vest” protests in France. Named for the high-visibility garment French drivers are required to keep in their cars in case of emergency, the […]

Date created : 18/12/2018 – 16:17Latest update : 18/12/2018 – 22:32 Seeking to soothe police forces demanding improved working conditions, the French government on Tuesday proposed giving 300-euro ($340) bonuses to officers deployed to the aggressive and disruptive protests that started last month. French President Emmanuel Macron committed to the […]

Date created : 18/12/2018 – 19:11 French growth should bounce back early next year after violent anti-government protests and wilting business confidence cut short a previously expected year-end recovery, the INSEE stats agency said on Tuesday. The euro zone’s second-biggest economy is on course to grow only 0.2 percent in […]

Date created : 16/12/2018 – 22:45Latest update : 17/12/2018 – 08:29 French President Emmanuel Macron’s former top security aide Alexandre Benalla, who caused a political storm after it emerged he had roughed up protesters at a May Day demonstration, is facing further charges over the affair. Benalla, 26, is already […]

Date created : 17/12/2018 – 17:09 France will introduce its own tax on large internet and technology companies from January 1, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Monday amid difficulties in finalising a new EU-wide levy. France has been pushing hard for a new so-called “GAFA tax” — named after […]

Date created : 17/12/2018 – 16:16Latest update : 17/12/2018 – 17:48 Many of the “Yellow Vests” who hit the streets again on Saturday wielded signs with the acronym RIC – for “Citizens’ Initiative Referendum” – as demonstrators demanded popular votes be held to allow citizens to vet government policy proposals. […]

Date created : 18/12/2018 – 00:37Latest update : 18/12/2018 – 07:31 A French anti-terrorist court on Monday charged a man arrested for allegedly supplying a revolver used in a mass shooting at a Christmas market in Strasbourg last week, a judicial source said. The 37-year-old, who was not immediately identified, […]

Date created : 16/12/2018 – 12:41Latest update : 16/12/2018 – 14:59 French President Emmanuel Macron’s concessions to appease Yellow Vest protesters on Monday were a major reason for the reduced turnout in ‘Act 5’ of the protests on Saturday, said Andrew Smith, French politics specialist at Chichester University. “If you […]

Date created : 16/12/2018 – 14:47Latest update : 16/12/2018 – 15:36 When far-right activists last spring descended on the French town of Briançon to prevent migrants from illegally crossing the border, some Alp residents quickly joined forces to stop them. “These mountains have always protected people,” they insist. “The Briançon […]

Date created : 16/12/2018 – 22:45 French President Emmanuel Macron’s former top security aide Alexandre Benalla, who caused a political storm after it emerged he had roughed up protesters at a May Day demonstration, is facing further charges over the affair. Benalla, 26, is already facing two criminal charges after […]

Date created : 17/12/2018 – 00:48Latest update : 17/12/2018 – 06:25 The French government was on Sunday hoping the sharp drop in “yellow vest” demonstrators signalled an end to the biggest crisis of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency, but conceded “mistakes” had been made. Around 66,000 people turned out again on Saturday […]

Date created : 16/12/2018 – 19:50Latest update : 16/12/2018 – 23:14 Residents of Strasbourg gathered on Sunday at a memorial ceremony for the victims of a deadly shooting near the city’s famous Christmas market, as officials said a fifth victim had died of injuries sustained in the attack. More than […]

Date created : 14/12/2018 – 11:59Latest update : 15/12/2018 – 12:57 Strasbourg reopened its Christmas market on Friday, and President Emmanuel Macron visited the city to pay his respects to victims of a jihadist gunman who had opened fire at the market late on Tuesday, killing four people. The lights […]

Date created : 10/12/2018 – 20:31Latest update : 10/12/2018 – 22:41 French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday a €100 per month increase in the minimum wage from next year in a major concession to Yellow Vest protesters who have roiled the country. In his first national address following two […]

Date created : 14/12/2018 – 09:42 Controversial French author Michel Houellebecq has again raised eyebrows with a quasi defense of the US president. Under Donald Trump, “America is no longer the world’s leading power,” he said, adding: This is “good news for the rest of the world”. Tension-stirring French writer […]

Date created : 14/12/2018 – 08:03 A scientific committee convened by the French government has concluded that it might be “appropriate” to legalise cannabis for therapeutic use in a report made public on Thursday. The committee, convened by France’s ANSM (the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and […]

Date created : 14/12/2018 – 11:59Latest update : 14/12/2018 – 22:46 Strasbourg reopened its Christmas market on Friday, and President Emmanuel Macron visited the city to pay his respects to victims of a jihadist gunman who had opened fire at the market late on Tuesday, killing four people. The lights […]

In a solemn “address to the nation” on Monday, Macron sought to reassert control over a country wracked by four weeks of increasingly violent protests over fuel costs and an array of other grievances. His pitch included immediate relief measures aimed at struggling workers and pensioners, along with a rare […]

Date created : 12/12/2018 – 18:41Latest update : 13/12/2018 – 11:56 Text by: Alcyone WEMAËRE The Strasbourg shooting suspect was convicted multiple times for theft and violence and has been followed by the French intelligence services since 2015 after he showed signs of radicalisation in jail. The subject of a […]

Date created : 13/12/2018 – 05:09Latest update : 13/12/2018 – 12:07 A Thai tourist was among those killed in the deadly shooting at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg Tuesday, while an Italian radio journalist was reportedly one of several injured in the rampage. French authorities have […]