Russia Today
| Apr 23, 2013
Paris protesters clashed with riot police after the French parliament passed a historic, controversial law allowing same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children. Applause erupted in the National Assembly when the bill passed 331 to 225, but pro...
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 4, 2013
Moves to legalize same-sex marriage in France have drawn a furious response from Catholic hardliners and other groups. The law has passed the National Assembly and is now before the Senate, but opponents are demanding it be put to a referendum.
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 21, 2013
Nicolas Sarkozy is being formally investigated over allegations that he accepted illegal campaign donations from L'Oreal billionaiare Liliane Bettencourt. The former French president may not face jail time even if found guilty but the probe could ...
France 24
| Feb 11, 2013
French MP Elie Aboud shocked and infuriated some of his collegues when he raised the issue of the "black triangle," signaling "danger," he insisted, during the legislative debate on gay marriage. The Nazis forced gays to wear pink triangles, and t...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 27, 2013
The boisterous French conservative faction has already been heard from, now tens of thousands of citoyens have marched through the streets of Paris in support of the French government's plan to legalize gay marriage. The rally was organized just t...
Euronews
| Nov 22, 2012
France's center-right UMP opposition party is once more in disarray. Former Prime Minister François Fillon is contesting the result of the UMP party's leadership race just hours after his rival Jean François-Copé was declared ...
Euronews
| Nov 19, 2012
The race to replace Nicolas Sarkozy as leader of France's main opposition party UMP is in chaos amid allegations of fraud. Both former Prime Minister Francois Fillion and rival Jean-François Copé claimed victory and irregularities c...
Euronews
| Nov 7, 2012
France has approved a draft bill to allow same-sex marriages. The proposal would give gay couples the right to adopt children but not access to assisted procreation methods. The draft was a compromise, leaving out the complex issue of assisted p...
Telegraph.co.uk
| May 3, 2012
In a speech in Toulon, French President Nicolas Sarkozy gives a patriotic speech saying Socialists will bring austerity and recession.
— May 9 at 03:36 pm
...and deception of his former budget minister. French President François Hollande has now been in office for one year, but the Elysée palace is no...
— Sep 14, 2012 at 10:16 am
...the previous presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. François Hollande likes to describe himself as a "normal president". How does a normal president fun...
— Sep 6, 2012 at 03:08 pm
...from the previous presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. François Hollande likes to describe himself as a "normal president". How does a normal presiden...
— last Friday at 07:21 am
...of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" used in unconventional oil and gas drilling. In western Europe, France and Germany lead a group of countri...
