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French President Emmanuel Macron says France was right to intervene militarily in the African Sahel against the mujahideen, that he is still waiting for the Sahel states to thank France and that the French Armed Forces were not forced out.
2025-01-6

France's left-wing political parties establish an electoral alliance, the New Popular Front, ahead of the French parliamentary elections.
2024-06-11

Rioters set fire to the main public library in Marseille as civil unrest continues across France. More than 900 people have been arrested and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin deploys an additional 45,000 police officers to the streets.
2023-06-30

French authorities give up to 1000 migrants, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, until 8 p.m. local time on 23 February to leave the Calais jungle camp. Those who refuse to leave will be forcibly removed by police.
2016-02-20

Around 200 migrants storm the French port of Calais, near the Channel Tunnel to Britain, after a demonstration in support of migrants living in the nearby Calais jungle camp, with approximately 50 of them boarding the P&O Ferries operated MS "Spirit of Britain" cross-border ferry. The port was closed following the incident.
2016-01-23

Cyprus offers France the use of its airbase facilities to bomb the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria. Cypriot airbases are already being used by British and Canadian air forces for military operations.
2015-11-20

Voters in France go to the polls for the second round of the French presidential election, with François Hollande elected President.
2012-05-6

France prepares to attempt to extradite Manuel Noriega back to Panama.
2011-06-20

France's defense ministry says it aided a recent raid by Mauritania against al-Qaeda in North Africa in a failed search for a French hostage.
2010-07-23