Bure opponents hold a “Zombie Walk” against Cigéo

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...

Police cleared the camp along Boulevard des Maréchaux and placed 2,771 people, according to the prefecture, on buses to temporary accommodation in Île-de-France. StreetPress described residents’...

The CGT called a national day of demonstrations and strikes against the government’s planned labor-code ordinances. The union reported nearly 200 rallies and more than 4,000 strike calls across...

A series of searches takes place in an investigation targeting opponents of Cigéo. The LDH later documents searches, surveillance and judicial restrictions as part of a wider pattern of pressure on...

Journalist Sandra Muller posted the first #BalanceTonPorc message, encouraging women in France to recount and denounce sexual harassment and assault. The hashtag formed part of a wider feminist wave...

Activists renewed demands for a meeting and follow-through on the April accord during Emmanuel Macron’s visit. A march and gathering challenged the idea that signing an agreement alone settled...

At Kolbsheim, opponents plant a linden tree as a public act of attachment to threatened land and a continuing challenge to the motorway project. The action links ecological defense with local memory...