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At just 23 years old, Louis Roquebert, a political activist from Cholet (Maine-et-Loire), has been elected as the new president of the Young Macronists (Jeunes en Marche - JEM), the youth branch of France's centrist party Renaissance. Roquebert secured 63% of the votes (1,598 out of 2,650), succeeding......
The French Socialist Party (PS) has officially called on President Emmanuel Macron to convene a meeting of party leaders to define France’s stance on the recent EU-US trade agreement. The deal, reached on Sunday between Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, includes......
A fast-moving wildfire near Marseille temporarily shut down the city’s airport on Tuesday, causing widespread flight cancellations and delays as flames approached dangerously close to the runways. Marseille Provence Airport suspended operations around midday, leaving travelers stranded and airlines......
French judicial authorities have opened an official investigation following a complaint by Olivier Pardo, a French lawyer who alleges that he was the target of a contract killing due to his legal defense of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Paris prosecutor confirmed on Monday that a judicial......
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has announced that several European nations are expected to confirm their intention to recognize the State of Palestine during a UN conference scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in New York. This follows France's own commitment to formal recognition......
French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized the urgent need to prevent further violence in Syria following deadly intercommunal clashes in the southern region of the country that left over 1,300 people dead, the majority of whom were from the Druze community. In a call with Syria’s interim president......
A confidential meeting between Syrian and Israeli officials took place recently in Paris, with the goal of easing tensions following a spike in violence in southern Syria. According to a Syrian diplomatic source, the talks, mediated by the United States, focused on security concerns and preventing further......
Paris, July 26, 2025 – French authorities have called on Vueling Airlines to provide an explanation after a group of Jewish French teenagers were removed from a flight returning from Spain. The incident, which has sparked outrage, saw about fifty Jewish teens escorted off the plane just as they......
A group of nearly 50 Jewish French teenagers returning from vacation in Spain were removed from a Vueling flight departing from Valencia to Paris-Orly, sparking accusations of antisemitism. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon. According to a statement released by the Spanish airline Vueling,......
Vitalie Pirlog, a former Moldovan Minister of Justice and ex-chair of Interpol’s Commission for the Control of Files (CCF), was jailed in Paris on Wednesday amid a widening international corruption investigation. French authorities suspect him of orchestrating the removal of Interpol red notices......
Shares of French biotechnology company Abivax skyrocketed by more than 385% on Wednesday morning on the Paris Stock Exchange, following the release of encouraging results from two advanced-stage clinical trials. The surge was triggered by the company’s announcement that its experimental drug Obefazimod......
French trade unions have united to push back against the government’s latest budget directions, unveiled on July 15. In a rare show of unity, leading union federations — including the CGT, CFDT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, Unsa, FSU, and Solidaires — launched a petition this Tuesday on Change.org,......
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met on Tuesday with Jacques de Lajugie, the international representative of the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, to discuss key financial reforms currently underway in Lebanon. During the meeting, held at the Grand Serail in Beirut, Prime Minister Salam and......
