At least one person has lost their life and thirteen others have been injured, two of them in serious condition, after a high-speed train collided with a military truck at a level crossing located in the town of Noeux-les-Mines, in the department of Pas-de-Calais, in northern France.The high-speed train, TGV,...
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has again lashed out at several European countries for what he considers their passivity in the face of the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and their scarce collaboration with the US Armed Forces in the war in Iran. The leader has...
The socialist Anne Hidalgo has put an end to twelve years at the head of the Paris City Council, a period started in 2014 after succeeding Bertrand Delanoë and revalidated in 2020 thanks to a left-wing coalition with environmentalists and communists. Hidalgo, the first woman to hold the position, decided not to...
The socialist Emmanuel Grégoire has become the new mayor of Paris after winning the municipal elections of 2026, thus consolidating the left's control over the French capital. His arrival to power marks a political continuity regarding the period of Anne Hidalgo, of whom he was one of the closest collaborators. Born...
The former French prime minister Lionel Jospin, one of the most influential figures of socialism in France during the second half of the 20th century, has died at the age of 88. He had been out of public life for years and his death comes months after undergoing a surgical...
The second round of municipal elections in France has left this Sunday a very fragmented political map: the left has won in Paris and Marseille, two of the country's main urban centers, while the far-right has managed to take Nice and the ecologists have triumphed in Lyon, Tours and Grenoble. Paris In...
In comparison with the second round of the past municipal elections, held in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, participation in this electoral process has been notably higher. In 2020, participation at 12:00 hours was barely 15.29%, while this year a significant increase has been registered. In 2014, midday participation reached 19.83%, and...
The French left has managed in this Sunday's municipal elections to consolidate its weight in the country's main cities, including Paris, against the push of the far-right National Rally, the party of Marine Le Pen, in elections that, in any case, will be resolved in the second round scheduled for...
France celebrates this Sunday the first round of the municipal elections, an event that mobilizes millions of voters in nearly 35,000 municipalities and that is interpreted as the first major political test before the 2027 presidential elections, in which president Emmanuel Macron will not be able to run. The polling stations...
The participation in the first round of municipal elections in France has stood at 19.37% at midday, barely one point above the 18.38% registered at the same time in the 2020 elections, which were marked by the pandemic of Covid-19, according to data published by the Ministry of the Interior. The level of mobilization continues, however, below the...