Paris prosecutors have also requested a 2-year prison sentence against France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen as well as a 5-year period of ineligibility to run for office.
The event, sponsored by the Israel is Forever association, will take place on the eve of a France-Israel football match that has raised fears of violence like that seen in Amsterdam last week.
Prime minister Michel Barnier's minority government will now submit a cleaned-up text to the Senate upper house, before the two chambers - the National Assembly and the Senate - come together to seek a compromise.
The French authorities have been critical of the role that tech billionaire Elon Musk played in Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign. Yet those same authorities remain oddly passive in the face of the media offensive led in France by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. As Antton Rouget reports, this is despite the fact that this summer's parliamentary elections in France, plus the funding of far-right politician Jordan Bardella's recent book, show that the regulatory system here is now outdated.
Joint declaration with UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer came after the pair held a meeting in Paris to talk about Russia’s invasion and stopping illegal migration in the Channel.
The exact number of “tirailleurs” – the infantrymen from France’s sub-Saharan colonies – who died alongside Mbap Senghor when the French army turned on its own on December 1st 1944 at the military camp of Thiaroye in Senegal is still unknown. Some historians estimate the toll at between 300 and 400 men, all of whom had fought for France in WWII. They were gunned down for protesting, in what the French authorities misleadingly described as an “armed mutiny”, over backpay they were promised but never received. Clair Rivière reports on the long fight for justice by Mbap Senghor’s son Biram, now aged 86 and who is still waiting.
Trade unions at France's railway operator SNCF are demanding a moratorium on the dismantling of Fret SNCF, the national rail operator's freight division.
The writer, journalist and broadcaster Caroline Fourest caused controversy earlier this year when she published a book called 'Le Vertige MeToo' or 'The MeToo Vertigo' about the #MeToo phenomenon. According to Mediapart's information, actor Sand Van Roy - the complainant in the sexual assault case involving filmmaker Luc Besson which was later dropped- is now suing Caroline Fourest and her publisher over that book. In particular Sand Van Roy accuses the author of having repeated 'fake news' which had already been denied several times – and without seeking her point of view first. Marine Turchi reports.
Illicit drug trade, now estimated to generate between €3.5 and €6 billion annually, has provoked brutal turf wars between rival criminal networks in France.
Donald Trump’s election marks a victory for white supremacy in the United States. In an apocalyptic atmosphere, the repercussions of his win beyond America's borders are alarming: it will undermine democracies, women and minorities worldwide, while at the same time helping to embolden the far-right and dictators of all kinds, writes Mediapart's publishing editor Carine Fouteau in this op-ed article. All we can do, she argues, is resist – and strengthen the bulwarks of democracy.
Interior minister Bruno Retailleau spoke out after fans at the Paris club unfurled the banner at a Champions League match in the French capital on Wednesday.
French president Emmanuel Macron was one of the very first heads of state to congratulate the new American president after his election win. Seen from Paris, the return to power of the far-right leader does not provoke fear or any particular reaction. However, France's head of state is set to call for a “strong and united” European response to the election outcome when he attends a meeting in Hungary later this week. Mediapart's Ilyes Ramdani reports.
