Paris: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appears to be betting her future on ousting President Emmanuel Macron before his term ends in 2027, lawmakers and analysts say. To do so, she has helped trigger France’s second political crisis in six months. It’s a decision that may haunt her. Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday…
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron praised on Friday the more than 1,000 craftspeople who helped rebuild Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral in what he called “the project of the century”, five-and-a-half years after fire gutted the Gothic masterpiece. The 12th-century cathedral, one of the French capital’s most beloved and visited monuments, will reopen its doors next week…
Avignon: The trial in France of a man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife has shaken French society and must fundamentally change relationships between men and women, a prosecutor said Monday. “This trial is shaking up our society in our relationship with each other, in the most intimate relationships between…
