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German pressure-hose poducer Kärcher has demanded of France's 'political figures and the media to immediately cease all use of its name in the political sphere' after French conservative presidential hopeful Valérie Pécresse re-iterated Nicolas Sarkozy's allusion to it for cleaning out crime in low-income neighbourhoods.

France's junior minister for the protection of children has announced a government plan to criminalise incestuous relationships between adults, extending the current ban which applies only to those that involve children, in a move that follows widespreadl controversy over the issue prompted by revelations that high-profile political scientist Olivier Duhamel sexually abused his teenage stepson.

Interior ministry officials said 34 people were arrested and some 10 police officers were injured after Saturday's  protests turned violent in some places. 

EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen agreed it was time for the EU to 'move up a gear' to become a standalone military power.

Académie Francaise wants government to suspend country's biometric identity card for its "excessive" use of English translations.

With fines of €150 million for Google and €60 million for Facebook, the French privacy watchdog CNIL went much further than other EU watchdogs have gone.

French MPs passed draft legislation including the vaccine pass shortly after 5am after an all-night session by a margin of 214 to 93.

An explosion damaged a support vehicle for the Sodicars Racing team as it left a hotel in Jeddah last Thursday and the driver, Philippe Boutron, suffered serious leg injuries.

The number of COVID-19 deaths in French hospitals rose by 246 in the last 24 hours, taking the total since the pandemic began to 97,670.

French head of state's remarks have been condemned by his political opponents who said the language used was "unworthy" of the presidential office.