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Eric Zemmour, president of the far right party Reconquest!, confirmed on Thursday on BFMTV that he would be a good candidate for the French presidential election of 2027. He finished fourth in the first round of the 2022 election, with 7.07 per cent of the vote.
Emmanuel Macron received on Friday at the Élysée the main candidates for his succession, or their representatives, for a meeting dedicated to the rise in fuel prices and the geopolitical situation. Édouard Philippe, Gabriel Attal, Bruno Retailleau, Raphaël Glucksmann, Olivier Faure, Marine Tondelier and Fabien Roussel will be present. Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon will be represented by Jordan Bardella and Manuel Bompard.
A 35-year-old police officer who adheres to a "violent radical ultra-right ideology" was arrested on 27 August for preparing a terrorist act and making 3D printed weapons. He is suspected of having targeted State interests in a context of increased vigilance by the French authorities in the face of the threat of ultra-droit.
In France, discussions on the 2027 budget take place. The government is announcing "54 billion efforts on spending that will bring the public deficit to 5% next year," he added, after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced this. This deficit target "is ambitious, but of course it is achievable. We will all have to make efforts," said Roland Lescure, Minister of Economy.
The Minister for the Sea and Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud, announced on Friday 18 September, following a six-hour meeting in Paris with representatives of Mediterranean fishermen, that she would come Monday 21 at their meeting at the Grau-du-Roi (Gard) and at Sète (Hérault).
Jacques Attali, former adviser to François Mitterrand, president of the NGO "Positive Planet" and author of numerous books was invited on France 24. His latest work published by the Flammarion editions is entitled "La Niaque. How to become more than yourself."
Eight years after fuel taxes helped spark the Yellow Vest movement, calls for a return to the streets are gathering momentum in France amid soaring energy prices. Recent days have seen fishermen blockading ports and oil terminals in protest at price hikes, but they are far from the only group feeling the squeeze.
A cherished 16th-century Mexican manuscript that tells the history of the Aztecs in pictograms went on display Thursday in Mexico City, nearly two centuries after it was whisked off to France. France's National Library, which has maintained possession of it for over a century, loaned it to Mexico to commemorate 200 years of relations between the two countries, although Mexico is pushing for its permanent return.
The Netherlands and France have moved their gold out of US vaults. Part of the reason is fears about the reliability of the US, but equally important is the need to keep gold closer to home in the event of a crisis.
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting leaders of France’s political parties at the Elysée on Friday for talks on the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and the consequences for the country’s security and energy amid soaring fuel prices.
For years, Mexico has demanded the return of a treasured manuscript. Now the Aztec relic is back home from France — but on loan.
A prized 16th-century manuscript chronicling the rise and fall of the Aztec Empire has gone on display in Mexico City, nearly two centuries after it was taken to France, as Mexico continues to press Paris for its permanent return.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Thursday that France will cut public spending by €54 billion next year to reduce the country's deficit. The announcement comes seven months ahead of the country's presidential election, and the government is wary of a new wave of demonstrations with a jump in global oil prices sparking concerns over the rising cost of living.
French far-right politician Éric Zemmour said on Friday that he would run in next year's presidential election, joining far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who was runner-up to President Emmanuel Macron in the last two elections. Zemmour is campaigning on a crackdown on immigration, including a plan to expel unemployed foreigners even if they are legal residents.
A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February, and that these constituted war crimes. It also found that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. France 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani takes a closer look at the report’s findings.
France's national library is lending the manuscript recounting the history of the Aztecs to Mexico.
Shabana Mahmood says the policy has been "difficult" to scale up and the numbers involved are still "relatively small".
