France

The Établissement Français du Sang, the French Blood Transfusion Center, has issued a public appeal for blood donations ahead of May, a month when fewer people are available to donate blood due to the many holidays and long weekends

The National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament, approved by 44 votes to 2 a bill banning discrimination based on hair, preventing employers from requiring their employees to iron afro and dreadlocks and braids

With four months to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, French authorities have raised the maximum alert level for the terrorist threat, deploying 4.000 more soldiers

The 'steak' label on vegetarian products has been banned in a new government decree in response to a long-standing complaint from the meat industry that consider terms such as 'vegetarian ham' or 'vegan sausage' confusing for consumers

The government announced the much requested temporary suspension of the programme it had launched in January to incentivise the use of electric cars, which allowed citizens to rent an electric car by spending between €100 and €150 per month

Unions called on teachers to strike again this Thursday, less than a week after another nationwide industrial action that saw one in five teachers go on strike to protest pay and working conditions

More than 17% of workers in France (or 3,1 million people) earn the minimum wage, up from 12% three years ago; the government needs to review the system of tax relief on low wages, which encourages employers to maintain the minimum wage

According to founders and strategists working in the quantum sector in France, the EU should support more funding initiatives targeting deep tech and quantum technologies

In the north of the Hérault region, the courts have ordered the dismantling of a wind farm whose turbines were causing harm to birds and residents; the decision is the first in France, although the developer has appealed to the French Supreme Court