Oct
Deaths increase in France due to police violence In France, presidential candidate Philippe Poutou claimed that the police kill at least 15 people every year. Poutou, the candidate of the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA), made a statement about the police violence in France, which has been on the agenda recently. Claiming that the police kill […]
Oct
Another mosque closed in France In the city of Allonnes, France, it has been announced that another mosque will be closed on the grounds that ‘extremist ideas are defended’. In a written statement made by the Sarthe Governorate, it was claimed that violence, hatred, discrimination, ‘martyrdom’ and the establishment of ‘sharia’ were encouraged in the […]
Oct
FRENCH Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has applauded the “Greek model” of containing immigration, promising French support for similar tactics.Mr Darmanin visited a controversial migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos, described as a “closed and controlled access” camp outfitted with barbed wire and watchtowers. Mr Darmanin, praising the new facility, said: “We ask other […]
Sep
France to close mosques and disband associations suspected of radicalism France has taken steps to close six mosques and disband a number of associations suspected of promoting radical Islamist propaganda. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told Le Figaro newspaper that a third of the 89 places of worship “suspected of being radical” had been investigated since […]
Sep
Two men; two completely different visions for France. In a debate that lasted more than two hours, the hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the hard-right Éric Zemmour, expected to be a presidential candidate, went head to head on prime-time television on Thursday evening. The much-publicised clash featured mentions of gulags, Mao, Stalin, pizzas and […]
Sep
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Monday that if she is elected president in the 2022 election, she will call a referendum proposing drastic limits on immigration. Le Pen said on France 2 television the referendum would propose strict criteria for entering French territory and for acquiring French nationality, as well as giving […]
Sep
President Macron has asked Algerians who fought for France during Algeria’s war of independence for forgiveness. He was heckled as he admitted France had failed in its duty to the group – known as the Harkis. Many lived in poor conditions behind barbed fenced wires after the government refused to recognise their rights to stay […]
Sep
A French court on Friday sentenced a billboard owner to a €10,000 fine after he depicted President Emmanuel Macron as Adolf Hitler on a poster to protest COVID measures.Michel-Ange Flori said on Twitter after the ruling by the court in Toulon, southern France, that he will appeal.”I can’t believe it,” he wrote. “The right to […]
Sep
Allegations of rape against France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin look set to be dropped after the investigating judge closed the investigation, French media reported. The investigating judge has closed the inquiry into rape accusations against Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and is moving towards a dismissal, according to French investigative website Mediapart. Darmanin was being questioned […]
May
President Emmanuel Macron says he was born after the end of colonialism and wants that to dictate policy, but is it just lip service? A few months after he was elected, French President Emmanuel Macron marked his first Africa tour in 2017 to convince Africans to turn a new page after the dark chapters of […]
