The French ambassador to Haiti was summoned to hear the Caribbean country's protests over filmed comments by President Emmanuel Macron in which he called the transitional presidential council 'total morons'.
Pope Francis has declined an invitation to attend the ceremony in early December for the re-opening of Notre Dame, which was severely damaged by fire in 2019, amid speculation over a rift between him and President Emmanuel Macron who backed a successful campaign to make abortion a constitutional right in France.
French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud, who this year won France's prestigious Goncourt literary prize for his novel Houris, set during the 1992-2002 Algerian civil war, is being sued by a woman former patient of his psychiatrist wife for allegedly using her intimate story, including the cutting of her throat by Islamists, for that of his heroine.
Donald Trump considers them the “enemies of the people.” As journalists in the United States worry about their future, a key question arises: what is the role of the media? In this op-ed article in the wake of Trump's win, publishing editor Carine Fouteau explains Mediapart's journalistic mission, which she says is based on corroborated, verified and well-documented facts published in the interest of citizens.
Protests included gatherings at local government offices and traffic circles, while a group used tractors to block a highway south of Paris in the lead-up to this week's events.
At the trial in Avignon, southern France, of Dominique Pelicot, 71, accused of drugging his wife and inviting dozens of men to join in raping her while she was sedated, his children summoned him to reveal whether or not he also raped his daughter and to explain his use of hidden cameras to photograph his daughters-in-law when they were naked.
Charles Dumont, the French songwriter and composer who worked with Jacques Brel, Barbara Streisand and Edith Piaf, notably writing her iconic song Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, has died in Paris following a period of ill health.
Interior minister Bruno Retailleau issued a stern warning to farmers over any lasting blockades of roads in anticipation of a week of demonstrations and disruption.
Priority for France was to "equip, support and help Ukraine to resist", Macron told reporters as he prepared to leave Argentina to attend the G20 Summit in Brazil.
A demand from the Paris public prosecutor that far-right leader Marine Le Pen should be banned from standing for public office for five years has sparked widespread political debate. The call by the prosecution - during a trial in which the former presidential candidate and some of her party's officials face allegations over the misappropriation of European Parliament funds - has also led to intense legal discussion about the true impact this punishment might have on the far-right leader. Under current law it seems that any such ban would bar her from standing at the 2027 presidential election; but that she could continue to serve as a Member of Parliament. Fabrice Arfi and Michel Deléan explain.
The former head of France's domestic intelligence service, Bernard Squarcini, has gone on trial at a Paris court this week. The ex-spy chief, who served under President Nicolas Sarkozy, and his alleged accomplices within the state are suspected of having committed a variety of offences to help French billionaire Bernard Arnault’s multinational company LVMH. Fabrice Arfi reports on the issues at stake in the case.
