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The French Senate votes 201–115 to raise the legal retirement age in France from 62 to 64 despite mass strikes against the change.
2023-03-9

The French National Assembly votes 214−93 with 27 abstentions to approve a bill to transform the COVID-19 health pass into a vaccine pass, which would require people over the age of 12 years to show proof of vaccination in order to enter most public places and use inter-regional public transport. The bill will be debated in the Senate early next week and is expected to come into effect later this month.
2022-01-6

The French National Assembly votes 135 to 125 to approve the extension of the COVID-19 Health Pass until at least July 31, 2022. The bill will be debated at the French Senate on October 28 in preparation for adopting the bill on November 15.
2021-10-21

Nouvelle-Aquitaine reports France's first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in a person who travelled from India.
2021-04-29

Turkey threatens to take "legal and diplomatic action" in response to French magazine "Charlie Hebdo"'s caricature mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay condemns the publication. France responds by saying that the country would not give in to "destabilisation and intimidation attempts."
2020-10-28

France withdraws its ambassador to Italy, for the first time since the Second World War, amid an ongoing verbal row and Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio’s decision to meet with members of the French yellow vest movement.
2019-02-7

The Senate of France approves a bill to reform the SNCF railway company. The French state writes off €35 billion of SNCF's €47 billion debt, but remains the sole owner of the joint-stock company with two subsidiaries: operator SNCF Mobility and infrastructure manager SNCF Network.
2018-06-14

France announces that it will propose a United Nations Security Council resolution proposing that Syria hand over its chemical weapons to international control.
2013-09-10

An estimated 150,000 people rally against gay marriage in Paris, France, with 100 people arrested.
2013-05-26

The French Senate approves same-sex marriage in France putting the bill on track to become law by summer.
2013-04-12