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Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne says that France will ban disposable electronic cigarettes as part of an effort to combat smoking.
2023-09-3

Prime Minister Jean Castex announces that the country will delay the reopening of cultural venues and introduce a night-time curfew from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. local time, where stay-at-home order will be lifted as planned on December 15 as it struggles to curb the spread of COVID-19.
2020-12-10

Prime Minister Jean Castex announces the mandatory wearing of face masks throughout Paris after officials released statistics indicating a resurgence of cases throughout the country.
2020-08-27

Former Prime Minister of France François Fillon and his wife Penelope are found guilty in a fake jobs case, in which Penelope was paid €1.156 million for work she did not do as a parliamentary aide. François is sentenced to five years in prison, three of them suspended, and is barred from office for ten years; Penelope will also serve a three year suspended sentence.
2020-06-29

The French president François Hollande reshuffles his cabinet, bringing in three ministers from two green parties, Europe Ecology – The Greens and Écologistes !; former Prime Minister of France Jean-Marc Ayrault is named as the new Foreign Minister replacing Laurent Fabius who resigned earlier in the week.
2016-02-11

French government and Socialist Party admit major defeat following the The President of France François Hollande appoints Manuel Valls, previously Minister of the Interior, as the new Prime Minister. He replaces Jean-Marc Ayrault. [http:--time.com-#44079-manuel-valls-named-as-new-french-prime-minister- ("Time")]French government and Socialist Party admit major defeat following the French municipal elections, 2014
2014-03-31

French government and Socialist Party admit major defeat following the The President of France François Hollande appoints Manuel Valls, previously Minister of the Interior, as the new Prime Minister. He replaces Jean-Marc Ayrault.
2014-03-31

François Hollande is sworn in as the 24th President of France. Hollande appoints Jean-Marc Ayrault as his Prime Minister.
2012-05-15

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is cleared of charges of complicity to false denunciation in the "Clearstream" affair.
2010-01-28