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Macron Dreamed of Reviving France, but His Term Is Ending in Crisis

13 octobre 2026 à 05:23
Nearly a decade after his first election as president, Emmanuel Macron is presiding over a tense country sliding toward the fiscal brink.

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Students protesting in Paris on Thursday for better school conditions. President Emmanuel Macron has left his prime minister to publicly address nationwide school protests.

French Student Protests Continue as Government Seeks Way Out of Crisis

8 octobre 2026 à 15:31
Mass protests over decrepit schools and absent teachers are in their third week, with more planned. Officials have failed so far to quell a movement drawing many adult supporters.

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Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.

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8 octobre 2026 à 11:32
French activists were set to rally across France on Thursday, in another test of whether a nationwide pro

For France’s Resurgent Far Left, Student Protests Are an Opening and a Threat

8 octobre 2026 à 00:00
Far-left leaders are cheering on the students. Government officials accuse them of stirring up the unrest for political gain.

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday. The protests have provided him with both opportunity and peril.

France Braces for a Second Day of Mass Protests in a Week

8 octobre 2026 à 00:00
French activists were set to rally across France on Thursday, in a test of the longevity of a nationwide student protest movement.

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A protest in Paris on Tuesday.

France Student Protests Escalate Amid Fiscal Crisis and an Election

6 octobre 2026 à 13:37
Chaos in schools, on the streets and in the markets is rooted in France’s struggles to fund its social welfare state, with a presidential election approaching.

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The damaged entrance to a high school in Paris on Monday. Unrest at French schools has compounded a sense of crisis in France.

Strikes, Barricades and Fiscal Turmoil: An Autumn of Discontent Grips France

6 octobre 2026 à 00:01
Chaos in schools, on the streets and in the markets is rooted in France’s struggles to fund its social welfare state, with a presidential election approaching.

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The damaged entrance to a high school in Paris on Monday. Unrest at French schools has compounded a sense of crisis in France.

Student Protests Rattle France as Police Clashes Bring Blockades and Tear Gas

2 octobre 2026 à 10:22
Days of unrest have affected more than 1,000 schools across France as high school students push for better standards.

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Trying to kick a tear-gas canister during clashes with the police on Thursday in Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris. Students in about 1,000 French schools are protesting a lack of resources in education.

Britain and France Give Up Landmark Migrant Agreement

1 octobre 2026 à 06:20
The French government soured on a reciprocal deal that allowed the British authorities to return some migrants who crossed the English Channel illegally in small boats.

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Migrants on a dinghy in the English Channel near the coast of northern France in September.

In Fractious France, Politicians Agree on One Thing: Pope Leo Was a Hit

30 septembre 2026 à 14:57
In a four-day visit, Pope Leo XIV won praise across the political spectrum, even from its most avowedly secular figures.

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Pope Leo XIV, riding down Avenue des Champs-Élysées on Saturday. The crowds were a striking display of reverence from a proudly secular country.

Accusations of Antisemitism Hit a Star of the French Far Right

29 septembre 2026 à 08:09
Jordan Bardella, the 31-year-old protégé of Marine Le Pen, is said to have made antisemitic statements as a teenage activist. He denies it.

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Jordan Bardella, the president of France’s main far-right party, National Rally, in Paris this month.

Pope Leo Praises Europe’s Democracy, Diverging Once Again From Trump

28 septembre 2026 à 10:03
Speaking in France, the pontiff lauded postwar efforts to unify the continent. Experts saw it as a critique of President Trump’s repeated berating of European leaders.

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In Metz, in northeastern France, Pope Leo XIV spoke of a Europe that would “continue to flourish and to inspire the whole world.” President Emmanuel Macron of France looked on.
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