Paris' Champs-Élysées avenue to be turned into an "extraordinary garden" says Mayor Anne Hidalgo

Villetaneuse campus in Paris is testing the new €1 meal, offered to all students including those without a scholarship; students are enthusiastic, staff are worried of a surge in autumn, calling for additional resources to match the potential demand

Amid increasing accidents and altercation between drivers and cyclists in cities, women regularly report experiencing sexist assaults, sometimes leading to the point that some to give up cycling - investigation is reported in media, including Le Monde

A number of far-right mayors elected in the recent local elections have taken down European Union flags from their town halls, in a move the French government denounced as "populism"

Municipal elections scheduled for today and 22 March are awaited as a key indicator for the 2027 Legislative elections; aside main cities, and the tensions in Nice, local election results from smaller towns are expected to reveal early political trends