Nationwide marches demand a stronger climate law

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...

A new national day of mobilization kept pressure on the proposed law after revisions failed to address demonstrators’ central concerns. Police and organizer estimates diverged sharply, reflecting...

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...

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...

At the Paris May Day march, Yellow Vest participants joined union members, undocumented-worker collectives, students and feminist groups. Politis described the shared procession as a meeting of...

Yellow Vest participants met a delegation from the Zapatista movement during its European visit. Tendance Claire reported the encounter as a political exchange across distinct histories of...

The trial of seven opponents of Cigéo opens in Bar-le-Duc. Defendants and lawyers use their right to demonstrate in court; supporters outside hold a “counter-trial” about the project.

France’s highest administrative court ordered the government to take additional measures to meet its emissions-reduction target after a challenge brought by the coastal town of Grande-Synthe. The...