January marches renew opposition to the Global Security bill

Assistant education staff and AESH workers mobilized in schools, seeking dignified pay, stable employment, more staffing and recognition of their work. FSU backed the locally organized action. The...

A Montpellier court sentenced Ian, a member of the collective Désarmons-les, to eight months in prison after his arrest during a September 2019 Yellow Vest demonstration. Basta! compared the...

Demonstrations continued after the 28 November mobilization, joining opposition to the security bill with anger over police violence and demands for accountability. Protesters argued that the right to...

Yellow Vest participant Moun was arrested during a demonstration against the proposed Global Security law. Basta! later reported that investigators pursued a case over a rainbow umbrella allegedly...

A gathering at Épannes in Deux-Sèvres opposed large irrigation reservoirs, known as bassines, that store water for agricultural use. Opponents argued that public support for the reservoirs...

The Paris Administrative Court found that the French state had failed to meet its greenhouse-gas reduction commitments, in the case brought by four organizations as L’Affaire du Siècle. The decision...

Tens of thousands demonstrated across France for International Women's Day, with associations calling for a strike for equality. The slogan 'premières de corvée' highlighted the women whose paid and...

Thousands marched in Paris against racism and police violence. Organizers connected the Global Security bill and the proposed “separatism” legislation to the treatment of racialized communities, and...

Demonstrators marched across France shortly before Parliament considered the Climate and Resilience bill. Organizers said the draft did not adequately reflect proposals from the Citizens’ Convention...

Yellow Vest groups held a regional assembly in Montpellier to discuss how to revive collective activity after pandemic disruption. Tendance Claire reported on the gathering as an effort to renew...