In August 1944, the Nazi General in charge in Paris, Dietrich von Choltitz, surrendered to French and US troops as four years of occupation came to an end. The moment marked the definitive end of curfews for Parisians and the need to carry an Ausweis – a Nazi-issued identity document …
Read More »France and other nations to cancel Sudan’s $5 billion IMF debt, with decision to be approved in June, Macron says
“We are in favor of an outright cancellation of Sudan’s debt, which is as you know the most important among the Paris Club,” Macron told a news conference on Monday. The president made the remarks after hosting a conference in Paris for Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and General Abdel-Fattah …
Read More »‘What a mess’: Neymar moans about Coupe de France final ban… then has wet towel hurled in face in cruel prank by Mbappe (VIDEO)
The Brazil playboy, who last Saturday signed a new four-year contract extension with the Ligue 1 giants, is being punished for a booking in the semifinal at Montpellier, which PSG won 6-5 on penalties on Wednesday. After the hosts equalized following a Kylian Mbappe double, the world’s most expensive player …
Read More »‘Civil war is brewing in France and you know it’: French military launches another salvo at Macron with new open letter
The letter, published in the conservative Valeurs Actuelles magazine late on Sunday, strikes a similar tone to the message published by the same outlet last month. Unlike the previous one, which was signed by 25 retired generals and active-duty soldiers, the new letter is anonymous and is open for signing …
Read More »France, Germany, Italy, Spain & UK urge Israel to halt West Bank settlement expansion plans that ‘threaten prospects for peace’
“We urge the government of Israel to reverse its decision to advance the construction of 540 settlement units in the Har Homa E area of the occupied West Bank, and to cease its policy of settlement expansion across the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” the European countries said in a statement on …
Read More »France says Jersey fishing row can be ‘quickly unblocked’ by applying post-Brexit trade deal, as UK looks to withdraw naval boats
“We want the situation to be quickly unblocked through the full implementation of the trade and cooperation agreement, which provides for continued access to UK waters for fishermen who worked in these waters before Brexit,” a spokesman for the ministry said. “This is our only objective and we want to …
Read More »France’s Marine Le Pen acquitted in hate-speech trial after she tweeted Islamic State photos
The far-right politician was alleged to have broken French hate-speech laws for uploading three particular images to her Twitter account in December 2015. She denied breaking the law. La Pen, the leader of France’s National Rally (previously National Front), posted the pictures to ridicule a journalist’s comparison of her party …
Read More »More than half of French people support generals’ warning that France is ‘DISINTEGRATING,’ hurtling toward civil war, poll shows
Although Prime Minister Jean Castex condemned the letter to President Emmanuel Macron this week and the signatories now face disciplinary sanctions, the LCI TV poll conducted by Harris Interactive suggests that French people are with the 20 retired generals. According to the survey, which was reported by Valeurs Actuelles magazine, …
Read More »Man who murdered policewoman in France watched jihadist videos & sought mental treatment – prosecutor
The attacker, identified as a 36-year-old Tunisian national named Jamel Gorchene, fatally stabbed a 49-year-old female police employee in Rambouillet, a Paris suburb, on Friday. Gorchene, who was yelling “Allahu Akbar” – “God is great” in Arabic – during the assault, was shot and killed by police. The country’s chief …
Read More »‘France has been attacked AGAIN’: Top officials vow to keep fighting terrorism after policewoman’s murder by suspected Islamist
The murder of the policewoman was an attack on the whole of France, the country’s Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Saturday. “Once again, the Republic has been attacked. Once again, the French state has been threatened. We will not let this go by,” Castex vowed, as he spoke to …
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