Topic: France 🇫🇷

French authorities imposed precautions nationwide in anticipation of peak temperatures on Tuesday, with some areas bracing for highs of 41C in a heatwave that has gripped all of Europe. 

A French court Monday sentenced seven Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds to seven to eight years in jail over the deadly capsizing of a boat carrying migrants from France to England in 2022.

Southern Europe is sweltering under its first major heatwave of the summer, with soaring temperatures prompting emergency measures across the region.

France is rolling out sweeping new restrictions on smoking in public spaces in a bid to tackle one of the country’s most stubborn health challenges.

One in three homes in France is so poorly insulated it turns into a “boiler” during heatwaves, says the NGO La Fondation pour le Logement. The group found that 3,700 people died in France last summer because of extreme heat.

France has some of the strongest LGBT protections in Europe, but far right groups are increasingly seeking to politicise the movement. A small anti-immigration “homo-nationalist” group has received backing to join Paris's annual pride march on Saturday.

France’s public debt rose again in early 2025, reaching just over €3.35 trillion at the end of the first quarter – 114 percent of GDP – official figures showed on Thursday. The government now says it needs to find another €5 billion in savings to rein in the ballooning deficit.

Physiotherapists, nurses, doctors, dentists, midwives, speech therapists and pharmacists took to the streets in Paris on Tuesday despite soaring temperatures to protest against the “blockade” on the revaluation of their fees, in the face of tightening health insurance budgets. ...

More and more French bureaucratic tasks are moving online – and an increasing number of important documents are available in digital form. But so-called ‘dematerialised’ documents are not available to everyone.

France and Spain are leading an international ‘coalition’ in efforts to impose and increase taxes on private jets and premium class air travel.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was expected to survive a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, but his future hangs by a thread after barely half a year in the post.

The Women's Euro 2025 football tournament kicks off in Switzerland on Wednesday, with France taking on England in the first stages of the tournament. Here's what to expect and how to follow the action on French TV.