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Trade unions call for more strikes over Macron's pension reform

More than a million people marched through French cities on Thursday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise the retirement age, with a wave of nationwide strikes halting trains, blocking refineries and curbing power generation.

Reuters

Numbers of asylum seekers in France close to pre-Covid record

Nearly 131,000 people asked for asylum in France in 2022 – a 27 percent increase from the year before and close to the record high from before the Covid pandemic.

Radio France Internationale

EasyJet and Jet2 warning to anyone flying to or from France

EasyJet and Jet2 have issued a statement to passengers

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65% of high-school teachers in France attend strike against pension reform, union says

Around 65% of high school teachers in France were attending nationwide strikes against a planned pension reform on Thursday, a spokesperson for the SNES FSU union said, while official ministry figures were lower.

Reuters

France grinds to halt as striking workers rise up against pension reform

France is on strike with public transit and schools shut down and energy companies slowed as people gear up for protests against the government’s plans to raise the retirement age and reform the pension system.

Radio France Internationale

Eurostar cancels dozens of trains due to France general strike

London-Paris services disrupted

The Independent UK

Spanish, French leaders meet to sign friendship treaty

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Barcelona to strengthen relations between the European neighbors by signing a friendship treaty

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More than 1 million protest across France against Macron’s pension reform

More than a million people took to the streets during a day of mass strikes throughout France, the French interior ministry said Thursday evening. Transport, schools and refinery shipments were disrupted as workers walked off the jobs in an attempt to derail President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension overhaul. Read our…

France 24

In pushing away migrants, Giorgia Meloni forgets there was also a time when Italians weren't welcome

Georgia Meloni, leader of Italy’s post-fascist party Fratelli d'Italia, became prime minister last September, and she wasted little time in setting the new government’s tone on immigration. On November 4, the country closed its ports to rescue ships, blocking more than a thousand migrants, and since then Meloni’s stance hasn’t…

The Conversation

Will strikes force Macron to back down over French pension reforms?

France saw a wave of strikes against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms on Thursday, causing disruption to trains, flights, schools and even hospitals. Polls show a majority of the French oppose the president’s measures – and analysts say maintaining public support of strikes will be crucial to unions’ chances of forcing…

France 24

Spoof billboard ads take aim at BMW and Toyota over ‘going green’ claims

‘Subvertisers’ hijack 400 posters in Belgium, France, Germany and the UK to satirise what they claim are misleading ads by carmakers

The Guardian - UK

French mayor wants painting on Madonna's wall back in town after it 'vanished in WWI'

The mayor of Amiens in France has asked the American pop superstar to loan back the artwork by Jérôme-Martin Langlois after it was alleged to have disappeared more than a hundred years ago.

Daily Mirror

Dover-Calais ferry services suspended due to French industrial action

P&O Ferries said it has an ‘optimised’ sailing schedule in light of the 24-hour strike

Evening Standard

Macron, Sánchez set to bolster Franco-Spanish ties at Barcelona summit

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Barcelona on Thursday, for a bilateral summit aimed at strengthening cooperation in the wake of a recent spat over a gas pipeline project that has since been shelved.

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Wembanyama Wednesday: Vic is expected to attend Bulls-Pistons NBA game in Paris

This could be a first-look at his future teammates for Victor Wembanyama.

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Deportation punishment for activism against Israel, Hammouri says

Palestinian Salah Hammouri, whom Israel deported to France, plans to make his return to Jerusalem his life’s work.

France 24

France's ex-president Hollande: Wagner Group operating as ‘neo-colonialists’ in Mali

France's former president François Hollande granted an interview to FRANCE 24 and RFI on Wednesday, some 10 years after launching Operation Serval, which ousted armed rebels and Islamist militants from northern Mali. Hollande defended the record of French military operations in the Sahel region and expressed regret at the arrival…

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The world's oldest person, Sister André of France, dies at age 118

Born Lucile Randon in 1904, Sister André spent most of her life in religious service as a Roman Catholic nun. The oldest living person is now Maria Branyas Morera of Spain at age 115.

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French nun, world's oldest person, passes away after 118 years

Lucile Randon was born in southern France on 11 February 1904, a decade before the outbreak of the First World War. She died peacefully in her sleep earlier this week.

Radio France Internationale

France’s Le Pen looks to enhance international credentials in Senegal

Far-right MP Marine Le Pen is in Senegal for three days – her first trip abroad since failing to clinch the French presidency in April last year. The visit is an opportunity to hone her international profile, but why Senegal?

Radio France Internationale

'Tax us' say over 200 millionaires who back Oxfam's call to redistribute wealth

As the rich, famous and influential meet at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, aid agency Oxfam says billionaires should be made obsolete. And 200 millionaires agree. In an open letter addressed to world leaders, they say they want to pay more tax "for the common good".

Bristol Post

Bristol City goalkeeper set to leave on loan as he arrives in France to complete transfer

His temporary switch is likely to mean Dan Bentley will remain at the Robins beyond January

The Guardian - UK

France braces for ‘Black Thursday’ general strike over pension changes

Union leaders call for ‘massive mobilisation’ to oppose latest attempt to overhaul pension system

Reuters

French unions dig in for pension battle with Macron

Is France back to its old ways?

Radio France Internationale

France's population grows slightly while China's population shrinks

Although the French population grew by 0,3 percent to over 68 million people in 2022, the national statistics agency says its the lowest number since 1946. Meanwhile, China, the world's most populous nation saw a significant drop in its population between 2021 and 2022.

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