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In response to the massive high school student protests in France, Education Minister Édouard Geffray announced emergency measures on Thursday, October 8. Some students reacted to these measures in interviews with France 24.
Much of the fishmeal and fish oil that support seafood consumed in France come from global supply chains linked to pollution, labour abuses, overfishing, and food insecurity in poorer countries.
France's student protests have sparked a wave of misleading content online. A viral TikTok falsely claimed the French army had deployed an armoured vehicle against protesters, when it was actually returning to a nearby military base. Other posts recycle 2023 footage of retirement protests as current events, while an AI-generated image was falsely presented as showing a police officer being attacked. Vedika Bahl examines how old, out-of-context and AI-generated content is fuelling misinformation.
France’s budget proposal is a meaningful attempt to tame the deficit that risks adverse consequences if it doesn’t pass, according to a senior Fitch Ratings analyst.
Two Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars that were stolen from a museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the local mayor said on Friday. The thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and initally stole four paintings by the French master, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled.
Education minister Edouard Geffray makes the offer after another day of sometimes violent demonstrations by high-school students.
Bond investors are demanding the most compensation to own French bonds over Italian ones since the founding of the euro.
French student unions vowed on Friday to keep up protests after scoring their first win in a campaign that is increasingly supported by Paris's elite universities, with 141 schools still shut around the country, according to the education ministry. Student and teacher unions have called for another round of nationwide school strikes next Tuesday. FRANCE 24's Shirli Sitbon reports.
French teenagers blockaded several high schools and took to the streets in cities across the country on Thursday in the latest wave of protests over conditions in schools. With demonstrations showing no sign of slowing down, around half of the French population reportedly supports the movement.
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 9: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announces that the military execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be "livestreamed". But first: we look at reactions in Italy after the country's parliament passes a controversial electoral reform that critics say serves to benefit Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Plus, ".fart" and ".trump" are among the new domain name applications, as revealed by the US non-profit organisation ICANN.
France's ministry of education said that 141 high schools remain closed Friday as national student protests continue despite a pledge from the education minister on Thursday to deploy 3,000 extra substitute teachers. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
As France's nationwide student protest movement continued on Thursday with more clashes between protesters and police, the education minister pledged to deploy 3,000 substitute teachers "within the next hours" to help struggling high schools.
Erin Ogunkeye welcomes Dr. Antoine Marie, postdoctoral researcher, fellow and lecturer at Sciences Po / CEVIPOF, to explore the political psychology behind France’s student protests. Why do people witness the same events yet reach radically different conclusions about violence? Dr Marie examines how media echo chambers, partisan thinking and the politicization of empathy deepen polarization, making it easier to overlook the suffering of those perceived as political opponents. He also examines France’s increasingly offensive police doctrine, questions surrounding accountability, and the institutional incentives that may actually hinder independent investigations into police misconduct.
Six-time French champions Bordeaux, the club where Zinedine Zidane made his name, to play in sixth tier after sanctions.
Hundreds of French farmers drive tractors into Paris to protest the EU‑Mercosur deal, warning of unfair competition and demanding stronger protections.
A seleção brasileira encerrou nesta quinta-feira (8) a etapa do Grand Prix de parataekwondo em Paris (França) na liderança do quadro de medalhas. Foram ao todo seis (dois ouros, três pratas e um bronze). Um dos destaques foi a reedição da final paralímpica na categoria até 65 quilos feminina. Ouro em Paris 2024, a mineira Ana Carolina Moura voltou a lutar a final contra a anfitriã Djelika Diallo e, mais uma vez, a brasileira levou a melhor na capital parisiense com vitória por 2 rounds a 0. Também teve dobradinha brasileira no pódio da categoria até 57 kg. Após uma decisão 100% nacional, a paraibana Silvana Cardoso arrematou o ouro ao superar por 2 rounds a 0 a gaúcha Maria Eduarda Stumpf, que ficou com a prata. Notícias relacionadas:Dupla de Stefani bate campeãs olímpicas e avança à semi em Pequim .Calderano vence 3ª e terá Felix Lebrun pela frente no Smash China.Brasil dobra recorde de voluntários para Copa do Mundo Feminina. Ver esse post no Instagram Um post compartilhado por Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (@brasilparalimpico) Natural do Rio de Janeiro, Valter Sedano subiu ao pódio da categoria até 70 kg, após revés na final para o mexicano Juan Diego García López por 2 rounds a 0. A última prata do país ficou com o paraibano Valter Sedano, que perdeu a final para o cazaque Nurlan Dombayev, por 2 rounds a 0. Quem também subiu ao pódio foi o paranaense Gustavo Antony Ruppel, com bronze nos 58 kg. O brasileiro saiu na frente na semifinal contra o israelense Asaf Yasur, que o derrotou de virada por 2 rounds a 1. Na sequência Yasur foi campeão na categoria. A performance do Brasil em Paris foi a melhor desde o início do Grand Prix, competição que distribui até 60 pontos no ranking mundial para atletas que sobem ao pódio. Na primeira etapa do Grand Prix em Roma (Itália), o país faturou um ouro e uma prata. Na etapa seguinte, em Muju (Coreia do Sul), foram mais quatro pódios (um ouro, uma prata e dois bronzes). O próximo compromisso da seleção brasileira será o Mundial, de 20 a 22 de novembro, em Muju (Coréia do Sul). Depois, em 28 de novembro, o país disputa a quarta e última etapa do Grand Prix em Astana (Cazaquistão).
Police fired tear gas and water cannons as demonstrators gathered in Paris to demand more funding and teachers.
Students on Thursday barricaded a Parisian high school with garbage bins before police shot tear gas at them as France’s nationwide protests showed little sign of ending. At least a dozen demonstrations supporting the high school students’ movement were planned across the country while 375 schools were fully or partially closed.
Over 70,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Thursday demanding better education and less police brutality, as students protested nationwide despite government attempts to ease a crisis that has rocked the country for more than a week. Students have blocked entrances to hundreds of high schools, with squads of riot police deployed -- occasionally resulting in violent clashes. The interior ministry said 71,500 participated in protests across the country, with police detaining more than 500 people. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports from central Paris.
Bloomberg's Ronan Martin joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Real Yield." Nearly €215 billion ($241 billion) of France’s corporate bonds now trade as if they were safer than the government’s, an almost 18-fold increase since the start of 2026, after a punishing sovereign debt selloff. Some 38% of France’s total pool of high-grade company debt was indicated at lower yields than government securities of similar maturity on Wednesday. (Source: Bloomberg)
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced Wednesday that France will release 10 million barrels of diesel from its strategic reserves to help ease pressure on the fuel market.
Students who have been protesting classroom conditions in France for days are "not looking like they are willing to back down", says France 24 reporter Claire Paccalin, despite promises by the French prime minister to bring in measures to address their grievances.
A sudden selloff of French bonds has stirred memories of the sovereign debt crisis that cascaded across Europe between 2009 and 2015. Attention is now turning to how the European Central Bank might respond. Virginie Maisonneuve, founder at Maisonneuve Global Advisors, discusses the global economic outlook and why the ECB is wary of the current French bond turmoil. (Source: Bloomberg)
France is in the international spotlight as massive student protests show no sign of stopping. Demonstrating is something of a rite of passage for young people in France, a moment when teenagers discover politics and their collective voice. How has this "protest culture" manifested itself in recent French history? And why are some student protests effective at bringing about change and others not? We take a closer look in French Connections.
#France: high school students continue to protest Thursday in the face of what they say is the government’s failure to respond to their demands. Follow the fourth day of protests on FRANCE 24
Huge demonstrations have been held over the last few weeks in Spain over its housing crisis, but the issue is not restricted to Spain. Many other countries also have a huge problem with housing, including Ireland, with experts saying that for every street of 10 houses, the country actually needs 12. Now a new exhibition in Paris at the Irish Cultural Centre is trying to reflect the issue. In Perspective, we spoke to the museum's director and one of the artists taking part.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in a televised address Wednesday evening that the country could not be "indifferent" to the concerns of protesting high school students, acknowledging that the "anger of young people does not come from nowhere". He denied that security forces have "orders to confront" the young people, and promised the government would present a plan to respond to the crisis at the end of October. But what measures could the French government introduce and will it be enough to calm the protests? France 24’s Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi takes a look.