The left party France Unbowed recorded breakthrough results in the first round of local elections on March 15.

Thousands of far-right activists, including members of neofascist collectives, marched in Lyon to martyrize Quentin Deranque, as they intensify attacks on the left.

Left and center-left parties in France announce a joint platform to challenge Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in the upcoming election

On top of the cuts already made in the 2024 budget, the French government also decreed a USD 10.85 billion cut in state spending for 2024.

Farmers’ unions have called for a protest at the EU summit in Brussels on February 1, denouncing free trade agreements and the EU-instigated policies hampering their domestic markets

Parliamentarians in France begin discussing a motion to enshrine the right to abortion into the constitution, offering stronger protections of women’s health rights

Saint Denis city government allotted the La Belle Étoile theater, base of Compagnie Jolie Môme since 2004, to a different group in November, over apprehensions of the group’s politics

As over 30,000 people marched in Paris calling for peace, Palestinians responded to French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the West Bank with protests and condemnation

Police initially claimed that Nael M, a Parisian teenager, had threatened to run officers over with his car, until a video proved that police had executed him at point-blank range

Activists from France and Italy organized a two-day demonstration opposing the Turin Lyon high-speed railway line, the Treno ad Alta Velocità (TAV). The protests against the project have been going on for three decades

The French government had a narrow escape on Monday as the no-confidence motion filed by the opposition fell short of just nine votes in the National Assembly. Trade unions and leftist parties are gearing up for more protests against the unpopular pension reforms

The austerity-ridden budget was approved without a vote on after the government involved a controversial provision of the constitution. Earlier, left-wing MPs had passed several amendments to the government’s proposals