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The French Senate passed the so-called "breaking pays" law in response to the looting recorded after the victory of Paris Saint- Germain and during the recent riots in the massive social protests. The project provides for fines of up to €10,000 for those involved in violence or causing damage to public and private property. Report by our journalist, Natalia Ruiz.
More than 50,000 people died from heat-related causes in European cities during the summer of 2026, according to a new scientific research. The study estimates that about two thirds of these deaths are attributable to the warming caused by human activity. Italy, France and Spain recorded the highest mortality figures. Researchers warn that the balance could be even greater: the analysis covers 854 urban areas in 30 countries, which account for about 40 per cent of their population. What does this summer reveal about the impact of the ca
The discourse of the most important electoral cycle in decades, with historical tours planned in Spain, France and Germany, is dictated by those that no one had computed
Six years after the murder of Samuel Paty, the history and geography teacher beheaded by a terrorist on October 16, 2020, a new generation of students claims the memory of the teacher and the value of education against extremism. For the first time since the crime, journalists from France TV entered the school of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, near Paris, to meet young people who seek to transform memory into a commitment against terrorism.
The student protests in France, which began with demands to improve the quality of education, have spread to other social sectors and find echo in different European countries, reflecting the discontent of a part of the youth. In this context, we interviewed in France 24 Philemon Houglet Marcus, the federal head of the French Licensing Union, to analyse the role of young people in social mobilization and the demands that remain before the Macron Government.
The French Government announced a package of measures to respond to student protests that have been shaking the country for weeks, but the educational unions and student organizations consider the concessions insufficient.
The football player apologizes through a statement in French, English and Chinese on his social media: "I apologize to those who have been angry by my words." Javier Tebas also apologizes to the Asian country: "We deeply regret it"
Following the meeting between Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and student leaders, the Minister of Education, Edouard Gefry, released a number of measures, including a partial reform of the university entry system and million-dollar loans for the renovation of educational infrastructure. However, student associations judged the actions of "insufficient" and called for a redemonstration on Saturday and on the general strike on 5 November.
In southern France, some farmers are betting on tropical crops such as bananas, papaya and pitahaya to adapt to the effects of climate change. In the department of the Var, these experiences are still minority, but they point to a transformation of Mediterranean agriculture: adapting crops to the new climatic conditions. Report by Alexandra Renard and Valérie Dekimpe for France 24.
Protests and violent riots in France have left enormous damage. On 17 October, what had been announced as a peaceful march of workers, students and farmers, ended in one of the most violent days of the last ten years: 3000 vandalized shops, destroyed in public institutions, the town hall of Limoges on fire, more than 2400 detainees and a whole country in shock.
The French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, meets on Monday with representatives of high school and university student organizations with the aim of ending more than a month of protests and riots. The country faces another week of saucepan and demonstrations, which will have as a colophone a national mobilization on Saturday, October 31, which President Emmanuel Macron has listed as "high risk."
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his Government will present new measures to respond to the social unrest that is spreading throughout the country and warned that the "risk" of new unrest will remain high during the demonstrations scheduled for October 31.
TikTok Profiles create calls inspired by protests in France to recruit young people
Under market pressure and with unbridled debt, the Government has little room to respond to social demands
"A left faithful to its values can unite, rule and win," says the candidate for the French presidency
Raphaël Glucksmann won the primaries of the French Social Democratic Left with 66.13% of the votes and became his candidate for the 2027 presidential. The Euro MP promised to defeat the extreme right of Marine Le Pen and to mark distances with both the macro and the radical left of Jean- Luc Mélenchon. A cyber attack forced the electoral process to continue one day.
The bank increases its price by 10 in six years, and analysts consider that the alliance with France's second banking group will improve its profitability
The popular regator, who goes to student protests and stands between young people and agents, believes that the government of Macron is not acting properly and that the outbreak in the street will increase
A Week in the World addresses in this edition the situation on the streets of France, the scene of a massive student protests that have shaken the nation. In Latin America, we reviewed the picture for the shooting in Brazil between Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro. We also discussed the housing crisis in Spain, which took a new impetus after the death of Maricarren Abascal, the 87-year-old woman, whose case detonated mobilizations throughout the country. And we do a review of the three years of the war in Gaza, on the eve of the elections in Israel.
