PARIS — French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution during a historic joint session of parliament in at the Palace of Versailles on Monday. The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote, and nearly the entire joint session stood in a long standing […]
While French President Emanuel Macron was sticking his foot in it by suggesting that NATO was discussing deploying ground troops to Ukraine — a position every NATO country has denied forcefully — Republican senators were bowing to reality and calling for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. “There is […]
PARIS — When France hosts grandiose ceremonies commemorating D-Day, the heroic role of Missak Manouchian and other foreigners among French Resistance fighters in World War II is often overlooked. French President Emmanuel Macron sought to change that Wednesday by inducting Manouchian into the country’s Panthéon national monument. A poet who took refuge in France after […]
BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to sign bilateral security agreements with Germany and France on Friday as Kyiv works to shore up Western support nearly two years after Russia launched its full-scale war. The Ukrainian leader was welcomed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the German chancellery in Berlin and was set […]
Nationalist and populist movements are making great strides across Europe — even in France, where the once-thought-powerless right-wing National Rally party is surging in the polls. While the next presidential election in France is still three years away, a new poll shows National Rally’s Marine Le Pen is leading and could win the 2027 race. […]
PARIS (AP) — Poland‘s Prime Minister Donald Tusk was traveling to Paris and Berlin on Monday in a diplomatic effort to rebuild key alliances as fears grow that former President Donald Trump could return to power in the United States and give Russia a free hand to expand its aggression in Europe. The meetings on […]
BRUSSELS — The number of antisemitic acts registered in France and Belgium rose sharply since Hamas’ attack on Israel triggered the war in Gaza, according to figures released Thursday in both countries. In France, data from the Interior Ministry and the Jewish Community Protection Service watchdog showed that 1,676 antisemitic acts were reported in 2023, […]
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