Sources: Euro News
In France, the Barnier government collapses after 331 of 577 deputies vote in favor of a no-confidence motion, the first time since 1962 that the government has collapsed following a no-confidence motion. The left subsequently calls on President Emmanuel Macron to resign and hold early presidential elections. 2024-12-4
The Gloucestershire Constabulary arrest a man near Cheltenham, Cotswolds, England, as a prime suspect in conspiring to transport 30 illegal immigrants from France to the United Kingdom on an inflatable boat, of which all but three died when the boat capsized in transit along the English Channel in 2021. 2022-11-29
France seizes a British trawler fishing inside its territorial waters without a licence, and fines another vessel amid tensions over post-Brexit fishing rights in the English Channel. The trawler is being held at the Port of Le Havre. The French government also says that, beginning November 2, it will impose extra customs checks on British goods entering France. French Seas Minister Annick Girardin says that "It's not war, but it is a fight". 2021-10-28
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen suspends negotiations for a free trade agreement with Australia over Australia's recent cancellation of a submarine contract with France, demanding that Australia must apologise to France before the agreement can continue. 2021-09-21
A court in France bans pro-Palestinian protests planned in Paris. However, activists say that protests will go as planned. 2021-05-14
The French National Assembly approves the creation of a COVID-19 health pass to enable international travel and organization of large events. MPs also agree to end the state of emergency on June 1 and replace it with a transitional period that will last until the end of September, which will allow the prime minister to extend the 9 p.m. curfew until June 30. 2021-05-12
The French Haute Autorité de Santé approves the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. 2021-03-12
Donald Trump meets with French president Emmanuel Macron to discuss the Iran nuclear deal along with economics and trading. 2018-04-24
A fire kills at least 13 people in a bar in the French city of Rouen. 2016-08-6
The United Nations condemns France's crackdown on 40 gypsy camps. 2010-08-12