Three people begin a hunger strike in Calais for exiles’ rights

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...

More than 100,000 people demonstrated across France after the government announced measures expanding use of a health pass and requiring vaccination for some workers. Protest coalitions were...

Rue89 Lyon reported on who was demonstrating in Lyon against the health pass, including people with a Yellow Vest background. The overlap was partial and the anti-pass mobilization was...

The Bar-le-Duc court convicts some defendants on other counts but rejects the prosecution’s criminal-association charge. The verdict becomes a focal point in the movement’s account of...

A coalition called a renewable general strike as suspensions for health workers refusing vaccination became effective. The dispute also connected to longer-standing demands on wages, public services...

Union members and residents held a march during an increasingly tense week of roadblocks and unrest. Organizers opposed the health-pass and vaccination mandate, while other participants articulated...

Reporterre described Yellow Vest participants in Lorraine still gathering around a brazier at a Saint-Avold roundabout three years after the movement began. The report foregrounded local persistence...

Unions launched an indefinite general strike against the health pass and vaccination mandate for health workers, amid broader grievances over wages, prices and social conditions. The island’s movement...

The strike and roadblocks continued as unions and authorities negotiated over health rules and social demands. The campaign reflected distrust shaped by unequal health resources and colonial...