Europe France European Court of Human Rights issued a long-awaited ruling against France on repatriation of families of French jihadists, 2 months after Paris, long reluctant to bring back its citizens who left for jihad in Syria, returned 35 minors and 16 mothers
Europe France France may have lobbied the European Commission against their position on platform workers' rights, favouring the platforms' position and raising further concerns of collusion between French decision-makers and the industry
Europe France The country opens 100 vaccination centres following an increase in monkeypox cases, with 1.700 cases already registered and 6.000 people already vaccinated
Europe France Planning a revolution in fashion, France is to pass a decree next year that will require every item of clothing sold in the country to carry a label detailing its impact on the climate
Europe France The country is facing its 'most severe drought' ever, with the premier activating a government crisis unit that will monitor the drought in the most affected areas and coordinate measures such as the supply of drinking water
Europe France The National Assembly adopted the finance bill after several days of heated debate, with the text containing topics including the abolition of the audiovisual tax, the fuel rebate and the renationalisation of EDF
Europe France Firefighters are battling blazes that have destroyed thousands of hectares of forest this week, while hundreds of families have been preventively displaced; in Arcachon only, two wildfires have devoured over 10.000 hectares
Europe France The Ministry of Economy has confirmed the end of the €38 ceiling for meal vouchers, which will be reduced to €19 from today; the measure was adopted in June 2020 to support restaurateurs
Europe France In a joint communiqué, three railway unions, CGT-Cheminots, SUD-Rail and CFDT, called a strike for 6 July to demand a general wage increase and the mobilisation of railway workers
Europe France The use of Google Analytics is not legal without a new agreement to replace the EU-US data processing agreement, French data watchdog CNIL clarified on its website, also shutting down hopes that it could be reconfigured to allow data transfer to the US
Europe France The new French Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon, has declared that she will continue the fight against long-Covid initiated by her predecessor, while Brussels recommends part-time work for those with persistent Covid-related symptoms
Europe France The 75th Cannes Film Festival closed yesterday, opened by the screening of Coupez! by Michel Hazanavicius, finally with a party mood and a jury of stars and awarded Swedish director Ruben Östlund with his second Golden Palm
Europe France According to a Waiting to Access Innovative Therapies study by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, in France it takes an average of 497 days for a new treatment approved by the European Medicines Agency to actually reach