GCO opponents begin recurring roundabout occupations

A demonstration opposes the planned Grand Contournement Ouest (GCO), a motorway bypass whose opponents warn of farmland loss, ecological damage and added car traffic. Local environmental groups and...

Several organizations and migrant-support collectives issued a call for a 26 November demonstration at Jaurès and Stalingrad under the banner “Migrant-e-s bienvenue.” The appeal demanded equal rights,...

Young people and other residents gathered outside the Bobigny courthouse after Théo Luhaka was seriously injured during a police stop in Aulnay-sous-Bois. Protesters demanded justice and denounced...

The Nancy administrative court annuls the Mandres-en-Barrois municipal decision transferring the Bois Lejuc forest to ANDRA. The dispute illustrates how local land-use decisions became a key arena...

Politis reported that Calais’s mayor had issued an order barring associations from distributing food, after the municipality had also obstructed the installation of showers for migrants....

Families of people who had died during police encounters, supported by associations, unions and anti-racist activists, called a Paris march against police violence, racism, impunity and the state of...

The collective movement escalated into a general strike amid long-standing grievances over health care, schools, transport, security, infrastructure and economic opportunity. Local unions,...

Large marches in Cayenne and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni accompanied a territory-wide “dead day” during the general strike. Participants called attention to public service gaps and state neglect; local...

The French state and local representatives signed an accord after weeks of strike action and roadblocks. The agreement addressed major public investment and development demands and acknowledged the...

A demonstration began at Porte de la Chapelle and moved through the Évangile, Marx-Dormoy, La Chapelle and Pajol neighborhoods. Organizers opposed the “war on the poor,” the policing of the area and...