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Government says the yellow vest protest movement belongs to 'agitators' who promote insurrection and want to topple the government.

 Michel Houellebecq’s long-awaited novel, Serotonin, hit French bookstores on late last week with a massive print run of 320,000 copies.

The French authorities have set out plans to improve cooperation with UK and increase their coastal surveillance.

The arrest of Éric Drouet - he was later released - sparked a wave of criticism from political opponents of the Macron government.

Éric Drouet was placed in custody for organising a central Paris protest without declaring it, according to a source at the prosecutors office.

Michel Houellebecq, who at times has been forced to live under police protection, has been awarded the Legion of Honour.

Helicopter scrambled after revellers spend New Year’s Eve stuck in mid-air in Rennes in west of France.

French president used his traditional New Year's Eve speech to promise to press on with his reform agenda in 2019 despite protests.

Move against tax avoidance by well-paid business leaders is part of effort to placate Yellow Vest protesters in France who complain of inequality.

The weekend magazine supplement of French daily Le Monde has caused controversy after its cover published on Saturday showed a mock-up of a photo of President Emmanuel Macron and the Champs-Elysée avenue in a design perceived by some as Nazi iconography.