France

France

French President Emmanuel Macron and Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan address the media in Marseille, France, October 26, 2026. Aurelien Morissard/Pool via REUTERS

Macron accuses French far right of fomenting spread of racism

RN lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy told TF1: "It's Macron who has ​run France for the past nine years. It's on his watch that antisemitism, homophobia and hate has spread through...

Protesters take cover behind a plywood board as French riot police and gendarmes use a water canon amid clashes during an authorised demonstration in Paris, October 24, 2026. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

'Nobody heard us' – why Gen Z are leading protests across Europe

A demonstrator reacts to tear gas near police forces guarding next to the parliament building amid an anti-government protest by students in Tirana, Albania, 16 October 2026. Photo: Reuters

French TV channels scramble to apologise after airing Albanian protests as Paris and Lyon

A municipal worker, seen through a burnt-out car, cleans a street a day after clashes during a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris, France, 18 October 2026. Photo: Reuters

Nearly 1,000 arrested in France as cost-of-living protests turn violent

A man throws a plastic traffic cone through a burning barricade amid clashes during a day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students, teachers and parents demanding better school conditions and government action, as well as labour unions, workers, farmers and retirees, France, October 17, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor

How France and Italy are holding parents liable for damage caused by their children

Workers remove graffiti from the pedestal of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV at the Place Bellecour in Lyon, ahead of nationwide protests against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in France, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Louvre, other Paris museums to close as France deploys 70,000 officers for protests

A person walks as flames rise during civil unrest, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris, France, on 18 October 2026. Photo: Reuters

Youth protests spread across Europe as Germany braces for Halloween rallies

Item 1 of 4 A person watches from the beach as waves crash onto Newhaven Harbour during Storm Austen in Newhaven, Britain, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Toby Melville [1/4]A person watches from the beach as waves crash onto Newhaven Harbour during Storm Austen in Newhaven, Britain, 23 October ,2026. REUTERS/

Storm causes power outages and traffic disruptions in France and Britain

People walk past a shop with its display windows protected by wooden panels days after nationwide protests against the cost of living and rising fuel prices called by the "Yellow Vests" movement and ahead of a second round of demonstrations in Paris, France, on October 21, 2026. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

France's Macron tightens curbs on protests, blaming hard left for unrest

Bangladeshi businessman Hassan stands inside his shop damaged during the recent riots in Paris. Photo: Screengrab

'10 years of work destroyed': Bangladeshi shopkeeper's Paris business looted

French high school and university students attend a demonstration in Nantes as part of an ongoing protest movement demanding better school conditions and government action, France, October 15, 2026. The slogan on the placard reads "Bismillah c'est les tenebres" (Bismillah, it's darkness). Photo: REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

'Bismillah, c'est les ténèbres': What does the slogan mean, and why are French students using it?

France's newly-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu reacts as he speaks at the end of the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on 10 September 2025. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

France's PM to meet unions as government prepares for more protests

A fire burns, as police officers in riot gear stand guard, during civil unrest, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris, France, 18 October 2026. File Photo: Reuters

France, Portugal crack down on protests as Italy weighs tougher laws