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France announces plans to stop under-13s from facing prosecution

French justice minister Nicole Belloubet revealed that the government plans to introduce a new reform that will mean under-13s who commit crimes will not face criminal charges, regardless of their actions.

14/06/2019

France

Macron to replace tree symbolising Franco-American friendship

Macron told a Swiss broadcaster that they would send a replacement tree to his American counterpart after it was reported that the tree symbolising Franco-American friendship had died in quarantine.

12/06/2019

Europe News

EU Parliament: Liberal ALDE group rebrands as 'Renew Europe'

The new name comes with just over two weeks until the new batch of MEPs take their seats in European Parliament.

12/06/2019

World News

International Labour Organisation: 100 years defending worker's rights

2019 marks the centenary of the UN's International Labour Organisation, with the annual conference celebrating 100 years of protecting worker's rights

11/06/2019

USA

Has the tree symbolising the Trump/Macron friendship died?

A tree planted by Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as a symbol of their countries’ ties has died, according to multiple media reports in France.

10/06/2019

United Kingdom

Emmanuel Macron reads last letter of French Resistance fighter

French president reads the testimony of a 16-year-old French resistance fighter who was executed for helping with the D-Day landings

06/06/2019

World

May and Macron in France to mark 75th D-Day anniversary

At a ceremony in Ver-sur-Mer, the UK Prime Minister and the French President paid tribute to those who gave their lives in Normandy 75 years ago.

06/06/2019

France

Watch: Macron awards Legion of Honour order to French football team

French President Emmanuel Macron has awarded the winning FIFA Football World Cup 2018 football squad the prestigious Legion of Honour.

05/06/2019

Libya

Euroviews. Europe's inaction on the civil war in Libya will bring crisis to our shores ǀ View

It isn’t hard to see why Ghassan Salamé accused the global community of lacking the ‘moral motivation’ to end the Libyan civil war. After all, his comments followed Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, a warlord and dictator-in-the-making.

29/05/2019

World

Germany and France clash over EU top job

France and Germany have clashed over who should become the next President of the European Commission. German Chancellor Angela Merkel favours centre-right candidate Manfred Weber for the role, whereas French President Emmanuel Macron pointedly didn't mention Weber amongst the contenders he listed.

29/05/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: EU Summit latest and Austria fallout

Catch Tuesday's episode of Raw Politics

28/05/2019

France

Le Pen party tipped for victory over 'failing' Macron

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) will win the most votes in the European election in France, exit polls predict — an upset for the centrist President Macron.

26/05/2019

France

After six months of protests, France's yellow vests lose momentum

Yellow vest protesters took to the streets of Paris for the 27th Saturday in a row but turnout numbers are declining.

18/05/2019

Living

Macron hires Kering CEO to improve sustainability of luxury fashion

Owner of Gucci, Balenciaga and Yves Saint Lauren to collaborate with the French government to make luxury fashion more sustainable

17/05/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: Spitzenkandidat debate preview and Macron v. Weber

Watch the full episode of Raw Politics here

15/05/2019

France

Macron and Ardern pledge to eliminate violent content online

The Christchurch Call refers to the terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques in New Zealand on March 15, which killed 51 people and was streamed live on Facebook.

15/05/2019

World News

Euroviews. Is proportional representation a cure for democratic discontent? ǀ View

Does increasing electoral system proportionally actually cause more responsive policymaking? If it does, do the benefits of a reform outweigh possible side effects?

14/05/2019

Europe News

The Brief: European Liberals and Democrats - a closer look

In the run up to the elections we are profiling the European Parliament's political groupings, this time it's the turn of the Liberals, who are seeking to create a new group post-elections with the French President's En Marche politicians.

14/05/2019

France

Macron brings in big guns to bolster lagging Euro election campaign

French PM Édouard Philippe will help the pre-election campaign of Nathalie Loiseau, who heads President Macron's MEPs list, after far-right links in her student days

13/05/2019

France

Police clash with demonstrators as yellow-vest protests reach six-month mark

French police fired tear gas at masked demonstrators in Lyon and Nantes on Saturday as heavy rain kept the number of yellow vest demonstrators down in Paris.

11/05/2019