PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron on Jan 24 vowed to speed up the legislative process for a social media ban on under-15s , with the goal of enacting it in September. “I have asked the government to activate the accelerated procedure so it can go as quickly as possible,” he said in a self-re»»»

PARIS, France, Jan 24, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday vowed to speed up the legislative process for a social media ban on under-15s, with the goal of enacting it in September this year. "I have asked the government to activate the accelerated procedure so it can go as»»»

“Today, because the French have decided so, the political situation has changed and we must work differently,” Macron said. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said he's not happy with some of the budget amendments passed in parliament, but defended the government's decision to make concession»»»

The French authorities want to adopt a new immigration law next year, a spokeswoman said, as the new right-wing government seeks to crack down on immigration. "There will be a need for a new law," government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon told broadcaster BFMTV on Oct. 13. The government's plan to tighte»»»

PARIS: France is at risk of running a substantially bigger budget deficit than planned this year if extra savings are not found due to a shortfall in tax revenue, French media reported on Monday. The finance ministry sent lawmakers an update on Monday on the budget situation that they had been dema»»»

France is on tenterhooks, awaiting the proverbial white smoke from the Elysee Palace that will signal the appointment of a new prime minister to succeed Gabriel Attal. While speculation runs rife, the prospect of a left-wing solution appears increasingly unlikely. The euphoria of the Olympic Games »»»

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 142nd Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the Louis-Vuitton Foundation in Paris, July 22. Reuters-Yonhap France's center-right bloc proposed a "legislative pact" on Monday that could pave the w»»»

PARIS: French political leaders from the left-wing bloc that came first in Sunday's legislative election said they intended to govern according to their high-spending programme, but centrists said they should play a role as the left lacked a majority. The unexpected outcome of the snap election has»»»

How will President Emmanuel Macron appoint a new prime minister, and how will a hung parliament work? A loose alliance of leftist parties has won the most seats in French legislative elections after a second round of voting. While the coalition has managed to keep France’s far-right away from power»»»

close Video France's parliament is divided among far-left, center and far-right, as no single political faction even neared the majority needed to form a government. President Emmanuel Macron, who has three years left of his term, anticipated that his decision to call snap elections would give the »»»

PARIS, July 8 (KUNA) -- French President Emmanuel Macron requested on Monday that Prime Minister Gabriel Attal remain in his position for the sake of the country's stability.BFM News reported that Macron refused Attal's resignation, submitted earlier today following his party's defeat in the legisl»»»

France is heading towards a hung parliament following Sunday’s legislative elections, as no party secured an absolute majority. The unexpected surge from a newly formed left-wing coalition played a pivotal role in thwarting the far-right National Rally's ambitions for power. This electoral outcome »»»

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced he was dissolving parliament and called snap legislative elections after the far-right trounced his centrist alliance in EU polls. The first round of elections for the lower house National Assembly will take place on June 30, with the seco»»»

SYDNEY, TUESDAY – Australia and New Zealand evacuated their citizens stranded in New Caledonia by military plane, Tuesday (21/5/2024). Australia sent a Hercules C-130 aircraft belonging to the Australian Air Force which can carry 124 passengers. Both Australia and New Zealand have been granted perm»»»

— France became the world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution on Monday, the culmination of an effort that began in direct response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Lawmakers from both houses of the French Parliament voted 780 to 72 in favor of»»»

Paris [France], February 29 (ANI): The French Senate, on Wednesday, decisively voted in favour of a legislative proposal that aims to enshrine the right to abortion in the French Constitution, following the US Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v Wade, Euronews reported.The Senate's decision saw 267 v»»»