After five months of mobilisations against President Emmanuel Macron's reform of the pension system, which raises the legal age of retirement on full pension rights by two years to 64, the 14th day of trades union-organised demonstrations on Tuesday drew the lowest turnout since the protests began.
Two-thirds of the Normandy coastline are eroding through swelling sea levels, including the beaches of the D-Day landings, where the relics of the battle engaged by the largest seaborne invasion in history remain visible, prompting debate over whether, and how, the sites can be protected.
Leon Gautier, 100, who was among 177 French commandos who landed on Norman beaches on June 6th 1944, and who is the only one of them still alive, joined alongside President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday at a ceremony in Normandy marking the 79th anniversary of D-Day.
The Paris council is to introduce a height limit of 37 metres for new building constructions across the capital as part of a long-term 'bioclimatic' plan to cope with rising temperatures and a shortage of housing.
The three men are accused of attacking Jean-Baptiste Trogneux, a great-nephew of Brigitte Macron, the wife of the French president, during an "impromptu" street protest outside the Trogneux chocolate shop in Amiens, northern France.
