Emmanuel Grégoire begins his first day in office as mayor of Paris on Monday, a week after beating rival Rachida Dati in the second round of local elections. The 48-year-old Socialist now... Read more »

Paris (AFP) – France on Friday called the International Olympic Committee’s new policy on gender testing to determine eligibility to compete in women’s events a “step backwards”, but other countries welcomed the... Read more »

Environmental campaigning NGO Greenpeace France announced plans on Thursday to cut 32 jobs, to compensate for a fall in donations since 2022. Issued on: 26/03/2026 – 16:08 2 min Reading time The... Read more »

Local elections across France’s overseas territories have delivered a series of striking results, reshaping political balances from the Pacific to the Caribbean. From a breakthrough for the left in Reunion Island to... Read more »

Former French prime minister Lionel Jospin, a Socialist reformer who introduced the 35-hour working week and civil partnerships for same-sex couples, has died aged 88. Issued on: 23/03/2026 – 12:04 3 min... Read more »

Left-wing parties have held onto Paris, Marseille and Lyon, according to provisional results announced on Sunday evening. The far right failed to take the big cities it had hoped, but made significant... Read more »

The young French explorer Raymond Maufrais, who disappeared in January 1950 during a daring solo expedition in the Guianese jungle and whose body has never been found, has been officially declared dead... Read more »

French voters go to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors in Paris, ​Marseille and more than 1,500 other constituencies, in a test of the far right’s strength and the resilience of mainstream... Read more »

TotalEnergies’ new plastics recycling plant has come under fire from environmental activists, who claim the chemicals it uses will create more greenhouse gases than conventional recycling methods. Issued on: 20/03/2026 – 14:04... Read more »