Published: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 06:20:20 GMT
French PM pays tribute to slain teacher Samuel Paty on anniversary of his death
French Prime Minister Jean Castex paid tribute to school teacher Samuel Paty on Saturday, one year after he was beheaded by an extremist after showing his class cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.Â
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Published: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:23:42 GMT
‘The violence shook me profoundly’: Teachers, students remember Samuel Paty’s murder
One year on from the gruesome killing of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty, murdered by an Islamist militant for having shown cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a class on freedom of expression, students and teachers spoke to FRANCE 24 about how that unspeakable event affected them.
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Published: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 05:43:21 GMT
Macron condemns 'inexcusable' police crackdown on 1961 Paris protest of Algerians
President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday became the first French head of state to take part in commemorations of the massacre by Paris police of protesters at a rally 60 years ago against France's rule in its then-colony Algeria. He stopped short of issuing a formal apology but said that the deadly crackdown on that day was "inexcusable".
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Published: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:14:07 GMT
Macron leads homage to Hubert Germain, last member of French Resistance order
President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on Friday to the last surviving member of an order honouring heroes of France's liberation during World War Two who died this week.
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Published: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:30:01 GMT
France honours ‘quiet hero’ teacher killed for showing Prophet Mohammed cartoons
A year after the brutal murder of a French teacher, beheaded for showing his students cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, schools are struggling with how to teach core French values without inflaming tensions with young Muslims.
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Published: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:52:26 GMT
Remembering the 1961 massacre of Algerians in the heart of Paris
This week marks 60 years since some 200 Algerians were murdered in central Paris by French police. At the height of the Algerian War of Independence, thousands of people, most of them Algerians living in the suburbs of Paris, descended on the capital demanding an end to French colonial rule in Algeria. The state's response was brutal, and those responsible for the massacre enjoyed protection for many years. We look back at the terrible events of October 17, 1961 and hear from a 92-year-old eyewitness.
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Published: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 06:07:23 GMT
French finance minister calls on US to end trade disputes with Europe
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Thursday called on the United States to put an end to trade rivalries with Europe, stressing that a "strong" France and Europe are in America's interest.
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Published: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:01:27 GMT
Covid health pass prevails over French vaccine scepticism in boost for Macron
France’s introduction of a controversial health pass has proved a success in dealing with threats posed by high rates of vaccine scepticism and the Delta variant – while offering President Emmanuel Macron a useful political card to play ahead of April’s presidential election.
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Published: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:46:18 GMT
Court orders France to meet its own greenhouse gas reduction targets
A French court has ordered the state to honour its commitments on climate change, environmental organisations bringing the case said on Thursday.
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Published: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:49:07 GMT
Rising fertiliser prices may prompt French farmers to switch grain crops
Surging prices and tight supply of fertilisers have swelled grain farmers' costs and could prompt some to switch from maize to less fertiliser-reliant crops next spring, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Wednesday.
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Published: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:41:35 GMT
French forces begin northern Mali drawdown: 'The idea is not to create a vacuum'
France has begun to withdraw troops from its northernmost Malian bases, part of plans to reorganise its forces deployed in the restive Sahel region under "Operation Barkhane".
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Published: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:01:00 GMT
Foreign victims of Bataclan attack seek solace in testifying at Paris trial
As the trial over the November 2015 attacks continues in Paris, British and Irish survivors of the slaughter at the Bataclan will address the court on Friday, adding their voices in English to the harrowing accounts from the mosh pit that night. They are among dozens of foreign plaintiffs – many having navigated through six years of anguish, isolation and paperwork from abroad – seeking closure from the trial in Paris. FRANCE 24 spoke with some of the British victims set to testify.
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Published: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:47:10 GMT
‘I don’t want the accused to enjoy my suffering’, says Bataclan attack survivor
As he prepares to testify in the marathon trial over the November 13, 2015, Paris terrorist attacks, Bataclan survivor David Fritz Goeppinger talked to FRANCE 24 about what he went through on that unspeakable night and how he anticipates facing the accused as a witness.Â
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Published: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:19:07 GMT
France unveils nuclear power overhaul – with an eye on China
French President Emmanuel Macron announced a shift to small modular nuclear reactors on Tuesday as he unveiled his €30 billion, five-year strategy to bolster France’s high-tech sectors, building on the country’s history as a pioneer of nuclear energy. Analysts hail the technology as highly promising, especially in the face of Chinese competition.
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Published: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 06:36:18 GMT
French soldier killed in Mali ‘accident’, defence minister says
A French soldier has died during a maintenance operation in northern Mali, Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Wednesday, bringing France’s death toll since the start of anti-jihadist operations in the region to 53.
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