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Stanislas Goudon, a representative from the French national police union Alliance, comments on the recent wave of protests and violence in France from a police perspective.

Union leaders who met Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu at the Matignon on Wednesday left the nearly two-and-a-half-hour meeting disappointed.

Euronews reviews France’s leading newspapers after a weekend of unrest, with protests over student living conditions turning violent and riots and looting reported in major cities.

Young people who took part in the weekend’s looting in France have posted videos on TikTok and X boasting about the goods they took and about beating the riot police.

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar linked the riots in France to immigration, saying the “shocking scenes” vindicated his government’s tough migration policies.

In an opinion piece published in the newspaper Le Monde, directors and producers denounce the threat posed by the draft 2027 finance bill to the funding of French cinema. The signatories believe that the measures currently being debated in Parliament could lead to the disappearance of 400 films over five years, around 80 productions a…

Day after day, secondary school students continue to mobilise across France. Most of the actions take the form of peaceful blockades, yet they do not erase the memory of several violent incidents.

The idea of a mountain growing may sound strange, but that is exactly what happens. Its height can even change in just a few years, as has occurred with Mont Blanc which, according to measurements released in France on Wednesday, now reaches 4,807.47 metres above sea level, almost two metres more than in 2023.

The list of candidates for the 2027 French presidential election continues to grow.

Tens of thousands of people have joined rallies across France in support of protesting high school students, boosting a movement that is posing a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron as his term in office winds down.