The Guardian – France
• 04/03/2026
From hefty literary magazines to thriving newspaper kiosks and book sales, the French publishing industry refuses to let printed matter dieIt took me nine months of 20-hours-a-week French language instruction, and the mycelial network of a year spent in Strasbourg, to feel courageous enough to walk into a bookshop to buy something more challenging than Le Petit Prince. I was immediately humbled: there was an entire new universe, just barely linguistically accessible, and I had no idea who was...
This archived item refers to worried about the demise of reading? Come to France, where we’re up to our eyes in print | Alexander Hurst. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in March 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 03/03/2026
French president will make his speech this evening; first wave of European travellers arrive home, but thousands remain stuck in regionAhead of von der Leyen’s call with Zelenskyy later today, the European Commission was also asked about Ukraine’s 2027 target for joining the bloc.A spokesperson for the commission said that it was Ukraine’s ambition, but the EU “cannot have it as our reference” as it needs to go through the formal process and get the political agreement of all other member sta...
This archived item refers to macron to address the nation on Middle East as first wave of stranded Europeans start to return home – Europe live. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in March 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 03/03/2026
At the start of Lent, men dressed as rampaging creatures pursue women through medieval villages. The families who maintain these traditions are sceptical of change, but increasingly female revellers want to play more active partsIn the early afternoon of Ash Wednesday, dread creatures dressed in white walk the streets of the medieval southern French village of Cournonterral. They wear long masks of black badger hair, top hats crowned by feathers and sprays of boxwood, and body armour comprisi...
This archived item refers to attack of the badger-men: can women find a place in the violent and wine-soaked carnivals of southern France?. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in March 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 02/03/2026
Warmth was result of high pressure developing across central Europe, which brought southerly windsThe end of winter brought unseasonably high temperatures across much of Europe but particularly so in northern Spain and south-west France as numerous February temperatures records were broken.Cities across Nouvelle-Aquitaine and the Basque Country, including Bordeaux, Bilbao and San Sebastián, matched or exceeded their long-term February records, with temperatures of 27.1C and 27.6C recorded in ...
This archived item refers to weather tracker: February temperature records broken in France and Spain. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in March 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 02/03/2026
For once we can celebrate a British custom: grabbing lunch away from your colleagues to do whatever you likeIt’s often striking to me – as a British person and a Francophile – what prompts bewilderment among the French. Most recently, an article in Le Monde describes a concerning trend: younger adults are choosing to dine alone during their lunch breaks, flying in the face of longstanding workplace tradition. Almost one-third of employees under 25 regularly lunch alone, according to a survey ...
This archived item refers to the French are in uproar about gen Z not lunching with colleagues. I’m on Team Solo Dining | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in March 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 01/03/2026
French military helicopters supported Belgian forces in the seizure of an oil tanker allegedly linked to Russia's 'shadow fleet' in the North Sea late on 28 February, President Emmanuel Macron said.Prosecutors said the tanker, identified as the Ethera, was falsely flying the flag of Guinea and was believed to be on its way back to Russia when it was seized in Belgium’s exclusive economic zone.Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said the ship’s captain, a Russian citizen, was being questione...
This archived item refers to french forces repel from helicopters to help seize suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker – video. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in March 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 28/02/2026
Rare joint statement from leaders of European nations makes clear they did not participate in US-Israeli strikesUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran – what we know so farEuropean leaders have urged Iran to seek a “negotiated solution” as they attempt to end the outbreak of war between the US, Israel and Iran through diplomatic means. They also clarified that they did not participate in the strikes.In a rare joint statement, the leaders of France, Germany and U...
This archived item refers to france, Germany and UK urge Iran to ‘negotiate solution’ after attack. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 28/02/2026
The fallout from the violent death of Quentin Deranque exposes Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s flaws – and leaves the wider left facing an impossible dilemmaIn 2023 Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the firebrand leader of the radical left party La France Insoumise (LFI), made a fundamental miscalculation. He publicly promoted a small group of young antifascist activists. La Jeune Garde, founded in Lyon in 2018, were politically inexperienced and had organised a series of sometimes violent confrontations with far-rig...
This archived item refers to a political killing risks tearing the French left apart – and the far right is taking full advantage | Philippe Marlière. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 28/02/2026
France suspects Russian ‘provocation’ amid worries Moscow will interfere in European elections as part of broader strategy against Ukraine. What we know on day 1,466The Swedish military confirmed on Friday that a drone it jammed near a French aircraft carrier this week was Russian, amid concerns Moscow is deploying hybrid war tactics against European nations that have backed Kyiv. On Thursday a Swedish navy vessel jammed the drone 13km (eight miles) from France’s flagship, the Charles de Gaul...
This archived item refers to ukraine war briefing: Sweden jammed Russian drone near French aircraft carrier amid hybrid war fears. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 27/02/2026
Back then, France punched above its weight when it came to tech. The EU needs it to rediscover its taste for the cutting edgeIn the 1960s, France became the third country, after the US and Soviet Union, to independently place a satellite (Astérix) into orbit, and the only country to send an animal into space and – crucially, for Félicette the catstronaut – bring it back alive. A decade later, the Franco-British Concorde flicked passengers across the Atlantic in three and a half hours and the ...
This archived item refers to if France could lead the world with Minitel in the 1980s, surely Europe can free itself from Silicon Valley’s shackles now? | Alexander Hurst. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 24/02/2026
The film-maker’s passionate and richly textured new short Papillon (Butterfly) tells the heartbreaking story of French-Jewish swimmer Alfred Nakache, who was stripped of his citizenship in Vichy France“My father would’ve loved me to swim competitively. I was in a club when I was young, but I always set off a little bit late in races – and so I had no chance of winning.” French animation director Florence Miailhe chuckles about her swimming career being over before it began. Happily, the same ...
This archived item refers to ‘I like the challenge’: French animator Florence Miailhe on being nominated for an Oscar for the first time aged 70. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 23/02/2026
Charles Kushner had been summoned to explain comments relating to the killing of far-right activist Quentin DeranqueDonald Trump’s ambassador to Paris has been banned from meeting French government ministers after failing to show up for a meeting at the foreign ministry to explain US comments about the killing of a far-right activist.Charles Kushner, whose son Jared is married to the US president’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, was summoned to the 7pm meeting by the foreign minister, Jean-Noël Bar...
This archived item refers to uS ambassador to Paris banned from meeting French ministers after no-show. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 23/02/2026
French clown who established his own theatre school to teach actors and comics how to find their ‘inner idiot’In 1980 the École Philippe Gaulier opened its doors in Paris to help performers find and celebrate their “inner idiot”. The school quickly became the prime destination for clown training, attracting theatre students, actors and curious others from around the world.Philippe, who has died aged 82 following a lung infection, made the concept of le jeu – play – central to his teaching. Fo...
This archived item refers to philippe Gaulier obituary. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 20/02/2026
FCAS, which also involves Spain, is imploding at a high-stakes moment for Europe, as threat rises from RussiaFrance and Germany’s plan to build a fighter jet of the future, planned to come with a swarm of drones and a “combat communications cloud”, is collapsing.Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, said this week that the €100bn programme no longer worked for him. He insisted it was “not a political dispute”, but a technical one. France needs a jet that can carry nuclear weapons and launch ...
This archived item refers to france and Germany agreed to build the fighter jet of the future. Now they can’t agree who is in charge. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 19/02/2026
In rare interviews, some of those sent back across the Channel after arriving in the UK on small boats describe what happened next – and the risks of a system organised to get rid of themWhen Keir Starmer stood alongside the French president, Emmanuel Macron, at Northwood military base last July and announced a “groundbreaking” treaty to stop small boats overfilled with migrants from crossing the Channel, he said there was no “silver bullet”. But, he added, the plan would “finally turn the ta...
This archived item refers to ‘One in, one out’: what has happened to asylum seekers forced to return to France?. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 17/02/2026
Aftermath of Storm Nils causes chaos across country with flooding under way or expected on Garonne, Maine and Loire rivers France has issued red alerts for flooding in three départements as the aftermath of Storm Nils causes chaos across the country.Flood waters have inundated homes and isolated villages after the Garonne River overflowed its banks, with hydrologists warning that rain is falling on soils that have hit record-breaking levels of saturation. Continue reading...
This archived item refers to france issues red flood alerts after ‘exceptional’ rainfall. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 16/02/2026
Foreign minister puts pressure on Emmanuel Macron amid doubts over US’s commitment to European defenceEurope live – latest updatesFrance needs to boost its defence spending to make European self-sufficiency a reality, Germany’s foreign minister has said.As European powers increasingly acknowledge they may be left on their own for their defence as the transatlantic relationship with the US president, Donald Trump, comes under strain, Johann Wadephul said Paris needed to put its money where its...
This archived item refers to germany calls on France to increase defence spending. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 14/02/2026
Annual remembrance in Neauphle-le-Château revives memories of short exile that reshaped Iran, but which locals would rather forgetEvery February, members of the Iranian diaspora descend on an abandoned plot of land in an unremarkable street in the French town of Neauphle-le-Château, a 90-minute drive west of Paris.On the nominated Sunday, a marquee is hastily thrown up and framed photographs of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini hung on the canvas. Green baize is laid on the muddy garden pa...
This archived item refers to ‘It still rankles’: the French town living in the shadow of being an ayatollah’s refuge. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 13/02/2026
A skier from France is also killed with manslaughter investigation to be carried out by mountain rescue policeTwo Britons are among three skiers to have been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps.The pair were part of a group of five people, accompanied by an instructor, off-piste skiing in Val d’Isère, in south-east France. A French national, who was skiing alone, was also killed. Continue reading...
This archived item refers to two Britons among three dead after avalanche in French Alps. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 12/02/2026
Suddenly, venerable figures presumed immune to sordid compromise have been exposed – although some have shown that moral courage is possibleIn 2016, the French luxury fashion house Hermès decided to pull an item it had donated to a charity auction after it appeared to have been bought by Jeffrey Epstein. In an email made public in this month’s tranche of Epstein files, Epstein’s assistant says someone at the auction platform had relayed to them that Hermès was “not comfortable” with Epstein a...
This archived item refers to the Epstein scandal has punctured all the age-old myths about the French elite | Agnès Poirier. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 11/02/2026
Daniel Whittington writes that it shows a lack of understanding; plus letters on the length of maternity leave and the emotional cost of leaving conception too lateAs a 24-year-old French man, I think this plan (France’s letters to 29-year-olds to remind them to have babies is a spectacular missing of the point, 10 February) reveals a mind‑boggling lack of understanding by our country’s leaders of what is actually going through the minds of our generation.For as long as I can remember, t...
This archived item refers to mixed message in France’s letter about fertility | Letters. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 10/02/2026
Marine Le Pen’s party is concocting plans to replace a vital, vibrant arts scene with a retrograde movement that would glorify the country’s pastShould you judge the quality of a film based on how many people have been to see it? It’s the type of argument you would expect to hear in the context of the “culture war”; but is it what you would expect to hear from French culture warriors? From a country that uses language quotas to maintain its musicians on broadcast media, has fought to promote ...
This archived item refers to the far right in power always co-opts culture – in France, it has already begun | Alexander Hurst. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 09/02/2026
A serious plan to tackle low birthrates could include addressing the fact that if people could afford to house themselves, they might be quicker to settle downI almost never wonder how I’d feel if I were a 29-year-old French woman. I fear the question would lead to dissatisfactions too profound (would I be eating oysters right now? Would my socks be cashmere? Would I know what existentialism meant – no, I mean really know?). This morning, however, I did stop and give it some serious thought: ...
This archived item refers to france’s letters to 29-year-olds to remind them to have babies is a spectacular missing of the point | Zoe Williams. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 06/02/2026
Five years after a fire destroyed most of the cathedral, the artist explains how her designs will give the landmark a modern makeover and the ‘contemporary gesture’ Emmanuel Macron promisedClaire Tabouret can draw a clear line between before and after Notre Dame. Before she was chosen from more than 100 artists to design six new stained-glass windows for the cathedral – reopened in 2024, five years after it almost burned to the ground – Tabouret had a select group of admirers (one of them the...
This archived item refers to ‘It’s not very French to change stuff’: how Claire Tabouret’s stained-glass windows cast Notre Dame in new light. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 03/02/2026
Nili Kupfer-Naouri and Rachel Touitou said to be accused of trying to block delivery of humanitarian aid to GazaA French investigating magistrate has issued summonses to two French-Israeli nationals in relation to “complicity in genocide” over allegations they tried to block the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, French media have reported.The summonses, which reportedly mark the first time a country has considered the blocking of aid “complicity in genocide”, were issued for Nili Kupfer-N...
This archived item refers to french magistrate reportedly summons two French-Israelis over ‘complicity in genocide’. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in February 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 30/01/2026
Mike White’s show will begin production in April at five-star Saint-Tropez resort known for old-world opulenceWill it be a fatal attack with a pétanque boule under the parasol palms? Some skulduggery in the swimming pool of a €21,000-a-night private villa? Perhaps a poisoned cocktail on the terrace overlooking the luxury yachts in the Mediterranean?Bienvenue to season four of The White Lotus on the Côte d’Azur; judging by past series, someone is not making it out of the French Riviera alive. ...
This archived item refers to hilltop hijinks: White Lotus to take over luxury chateau on French Riviera. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 29/01/2026
Manners and respect are the norm for kids here. Treating them like a nuisance won’t do anything to help France’s declining birthrateIn French culture, seven is known as “l’âge de raison”, the age at which children know right from wrong and can take some moral responsibility. France’s national rail operator, it seems, puts the age at which a child can be trusted to behave in a non-annoying way onboard a train a bit higher.In launching its new Optimum plus tariff earlier this month, offering sp...
This archived item refers to child-free spaces on trains? This isn’t the family-friendly France I know | Helen Massy-Beresford. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 28/01/2026
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, expressed support for Greenland in Greenlandic and Danish on Wednesday as he stood between the two countries' prime ministers in Paris. Greenland's Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Denmark's Mette Frederiksen were at the Élysée palace to shore up support to counter Donald Trump's push to take over the Arctic islandEurope live Continue reading...
This archived item refers to macron expresses support of Greenland in Greenlandic and Danish – video. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 22/01/2026
At Davos the French president wore a pair of shades made by Maison Henry Jullien to cover up a burst blood vessel in one eyeThe world leaders and company executives meeting in Davos this week were meant to be discussing the most complex and alarming geopolitical crisis most could remember.Instead, all eyes were on Emmanuel Macron. Continue reading...
This archived item refers to ‘Not a typical day’: makers of Macron’s sunglasses deluged with demand. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 21/01/2026
Magali Lafourcade says the two envoys were convinced the far-right leader’s corruption trial had been politicalA French magistrate has said two Trump administration emissaries approached her seeking to lobby against an election ban on the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen.Magali Lafourcade, the secretary general of France’s human rights commission (CNCDH), an independent body that advises the government, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) she had reported the content of the meeting to the Fr...
This archived item refers to uS officials tried to lobby against Marine Le Pen election ban, French judge says. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 20/01/2026
A Paris appeals court will decide if Marine Le Pen can stand in next year’s presidential election. But legal troubles have not damaged the fortunes of her partyIn a Paris courtroom, the first act of the 2027 French presidential election is already under way. On Tuesday Marine Le Pen began to answer judges’ questions in her appeal against a conviction relating to the embezzlement of European parliament funds. If she wins, the far-right leader will be free to run for the presidency for a fourth...
This archived item refers to the Guardian view on the French far right: mainstream parties are running out of time | Editorial. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 20/01/2026
French far-right leader denies existence of fake jobs ‘system’ in effort to overturn ban on running for presidentThe French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has told a Paris appeals court there was no “system” set up by her party to misuse European parliament funds, as she gave evidence in a fresh embezzlement trial that will determine whether she can run in the 2027 presidential election.“The word ‘system’ bothers me because [it gives] the impression of a manipulation,” Le Pen said on Tuesday,...
This archived item refers to my party had no ‘system’ to misuse EU funds, Marine Le Pen tells appeal trial. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 20/01/2026
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, told the World Economic Forum, in Davos, that the world was sliding away from democracy and international law towards autocracy and violence.'It's a shift to a world without rules, where international law is trampled underfoot and where the only law that seems to matter is that of the strongest,' he said on Tuesday. Imperial ambitions were resurfacing, he added, and Donald Trump's tariff war aimed to 'weaken and subordinate' EuropeEurope live Continue re...
This archived item refers to macron tells Davos of shift towards 'a world without rules' – video. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 19/01/2026
Aid groups say rise of far-right rhetoric in politics has fed into intimidation, vandalism and hate graffiti around migrant campsNot far from a camp in Dunkirk where hundreds of asylum seekers sleep, hoping to cross the Channel to the UK, are some chilling pieces of graffiti. There is a hangman’s noose with a figure dangling next to the word “migrant” and, close by, another daubing: a Jewish Star of David painted in black surrounded by red swastikas.Utopia 56, a French group supporting migran...
This archived item refers to ‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 17/01/2026
French president calls tariff threats ‘unacceptable’, while Sweden’s Ulf Kristersson warns EU will not be ‘blackmailed’ by USEmmanuel Macron has hit back at Donald Trump’s latest threats to impose tariffs on any country opposing his Greenland takeover, warning that “no amount of intimidation” will persuade European nations to change their course on Greenland.The US president on Saturday announced 10% tariffs on eight European countries from 1 February, with a further 25% tariff from 1 June. C...
This archived item refers to macron: ‘No amount of intimidation’ will change EU nations’ course on Greenland. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 17/01/2026
President said 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland will begin on 1 February and increase to 25% on 1 JuneDonald Trump said he will impose a 25% tariff on a slew of European countries including Denmark, Germany and the UK – until the US is allowed to purchase Greenland, in an escalation of the US president’s bid to claim the autonomous Danish territory.In a lengthy post on Saturday on Truth Social, Trump said he would impose a 10% tariff ...
This archived item refers to trump to impose 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 17/01/2026
Marine Le Pen is milking rural fury over the Mercosur pact. France’s politicians, of all stripes, are too cowardly to defend a good dealOnce again, France’s farmers have been blocking motorways with their tractors in protest, this time at an impending EU trade agreement with a group of South American countries in a common market known as Mercosur, which has been 25 years in the making.The tragedy is that while the EU can finally claim an important victory in its strategy of sealing rules-base...
This archived item refers to french farmers wrongly accuse Brussels of betrayal. Macron’s complicity could help the far right to victory. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 15/01/2026
The US president delights in his inconsistency. But his short-term victories have profound long-term costs for his country and the worldThe Middle East was braced on Wednesday night, but the anxious petitioning of Gulf states and Iran’s attempts to appease the US president appeared to win out – at least for the moment. No bombs fell on Tehran. After all his threats, and with military options under discussion in Washington, Donald Trump stepped back, announcing that “the killing [of protesters...
This archived item refers to the Guardian view on Trump’s world: from Venezuela to Iran to Greenland, the madness is the method | Editorial. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 15/01/2026
Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas called in to quell action at Harmondsworth and Brook House facilitiesMore than 100 asylum seekers held at two immigration detention centres have staged overnight protests against the UK’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme with France.Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas arrived to quell the protests. Continue reading...
This archived item refers to more than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 15/01/2026
Footage shows police with riot shields confronting asylum seekers being held at two immigration detention centres during overnight protests against the UK’s 'one in, one out' scheme with France.Asylum seekers being held at the two sites, Harmondsworth, close to Heathrow, and Brook House near Gatwick, told the Guardian that they were peacefully resisting being taken to the airport, understood to be Stansted, because they believe that while France is generally a safe country, it is not safe fo...
This archived item refers to footage shows protesting asylum seekers being met by officers with riot shields – video. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 15/01/2026
France is latest to send military team to Arctic island as US desire to own Greenland still ‘intact’ despite talksEurope live – latest updatesThe Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said Greenland’s defence is a “common concern” for the whole of Nato, as troops started arriving from across Europe to bolster defence as a result of Donald Trump’s threats to take the Arctic island by force.Troops from countries including France, Germany, Norway and Sweden were on their way to Greenland, a ...
This archived item refers to greenland’s defence is ‘common concern’ for Nato, Danish prime minister says as European troops fly in. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 15/01/2026
Múte B. Egede, Greenland’s deputy prime minister, said more soldiers were expected in the coming daysPoland’s prime minister Donald Tusk said there were strong reasons to believe a group connected to Russian secret services was behind a significant cyber-attack on Poland’s energy in infrastructure towards the end of December, Reuters reported.Chairing an emergency meeting on the attack, Tusk said the attack focused on systems managing renewable energy, but insisted that Poland’s defence syste...
This archived item refers to france latest to confirm Nato troop deployment after Trump says Greenland ‘very important’ for US national security – Europe live. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 15/01/2026
Mathilde Aurier’s 65 Rue d’Aubagne looks at the 2018 house collapse in Marseille and how the city healed itself through ‘love and solidarity’“It was a turning point for Marseille, and it spotlighted the politics of France’s second city. There’s still a lot of things that have been left unsaid, things that aren’t pretty. But it set things into motion too.”Playwright and director Mathilde Aurier is talking about what has been referred to as France’s Grenfell moment: the collapse of two dilapida...
This archived item refers to theatre of catastrophe: the hard-hitting play about France’s Grenfell moment. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 12/01/2026
He has survived loss, breakdown and schooling by ‘scary nuns’, but the anguish is still there in his art. As his new show thrills Paris, the US-based, Irish-born artist talks about the pain that drives himWhen I ask Sean Scully what an abstract painting has over a figurative one it’s music he reaches for. “You might ask, what’s Miles Davis got over the Beatles? And the answer is: doesn’t have any words in it. And then you could say, what have the Beatles got over John Coltrane? Well, they’ve ...
This archived item refers to ‘I’m the product of a smashed-up family’: how Sean Scully became the greatest abstract painter alive. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 11/01/2026
The Paris declaration by the ‘coalition of the willing’ supports a nonexistent ceasefire that remains at the mercy of Russian intransigenceGwendolyn Sasse is director of the Centre for East European and International StudiesAn end to Russia’s war against Ukraine is still not in sight. The frequency of high-level meetings of Ukrainian, US and European representatives in recent weeks, as well as the intermittent US-Russia exchanges, have not changed this fundamental reality. There is no ceasefi...
This archived item refers to ending the war in Ukraine has more support than ever. So why is peace still not in sight? | Gwendolyn Sasse. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 08/01/2026
In separate speeches, Emmanuel Macron and Frank-Walter Steinmeier warn rules-based international order could disintegrateEurope live – latest updatesThe presidents of France and Germany have sharply condemned US foreign policy under Donald Trump, saying respectively that Washington was “breaking free from international rules” and the world risked turning into a “robber’s den”.In unusually strong and apparently uncoordinated remarks, Emmanuel Macron and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, leaders of the ...
This archived item refers to french and German presidents condemn US foreign policy under Trump. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 08/01/2026
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said on Thursday the US was 'breaking free from international rules, which it promoted until recently, whether it be trade, certain security matters or some forums'. His comments came after Donald Trump ordered a military intervention in Venezuela in which the country's president, Nicolás Maduro, was captured. The US president has since then renewed his call for the US to take over Greenland, a Danish territory – a move that would threaten European secur...
This archived item refers to uS is 'gradually turning away' from its allies, Macron says – video. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 07/01/2026
Detainees under scheme to return people entering UK on small boats told their plane tickets had been cancelledThe first flight of 2026 to return asylum seekers who came to the UK on small boats to France has been cancelled, the Guardian understands.Detainees earmarked for the UK government’s “one in, one out” scheme who had tickets for a flight on Wednesday morning to Paris were told their tickets had been cancelled. Continue reading...
This archived item refers to first 2026 flight cancelled under ‘one in, one out’ UK scheme to return asylum seekers. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 06/01/2026
A trip to the supermarché this Christmas opened my eyes to crisps flavoured with Flemish stew, salted butter and other flagrant crimesI spent Christmas in France, which was on its best behaviour: tasteful, twinkling lights, market stalls stacked with exquisitely fresh fruit and vegetables, and enough cheeses to coat the entire Channel Tunnel with arterial plaque, piled platters of glistening shellfish on ice glimpsed through fogged brasserie windows. As I watched a long but orderly queue of w...
This archived item refers to forget all the artisanal cheese. French crisps are absolutely depraved | Emma Beddington. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 06/01/2026
Snow turned Paris into a magical sight on Monday, drawing crowds to enjoy winter sports and build snowmen near the Sacré Coeur in the north of the city. Weather warnings for snow and ice were issued across the country and six people died in weather-related road accidents. Most of Europe was gripped by an Arctic air mass pulling temperatures well below the seasonal averageWeather tracker: Arctic air grips Europe as severe winds batter Corsica Continue reading...
This archived item refers to parisians ski and sled down snowy Montmartre slope – video. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in January 2026.
The Guardian – France
• 30/12/2025
From a jewel heist to crumbling galleries, it’s been a dire year for the world’s most visited museum. At least France has woken up to its predicament Long before Versailles dazzled the world, the Louvre rose from the banks of the Seine as a royal residence. Charles V kept his celebrated library here; Henri IV installed his cabinets of paintings, objets d’art and arms, and created within its walls a veritable city of artists, where cabinetmakers, tapestry-makers, painters and armourers lived a...
This archived item refers to the Louvre is the pride of France – and it’s on the verge of collapse. Can we rescue it in time? | Agnès Poirier. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 29/12/2025
Jérémie Battaglia’s captivating documentary follows two north African raseteurs battling bulls and systemic racism in southern FranceIn southern France, the ancient and controversial tradition of Camargue bullfighting remains to this day. In contrast to more lethal forms of the sport, participants – or raseteurs – win points by snatching various ribbons attached to the bulls, each of which comes with a cash prize up to thousands of euros. Following a group of athletes of north African descent...
This archived item refers to a French Youth review – bullfighters grapple with the horns of valour and acceptance. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 28/12/2025
Film star who shot to fame in And God Created Woman in the 1950s and later became a campaigner against animal crueltyBrigitte Bardot was a very carnal incarnation of the new, sexually liberated woman, wrote film critics in the 1950s and 60s. (“I understand your main interest is animals,” said a flustered BBC interviewer. “No,” replied Bardot, “my main interest is sex.”) That was how Bardot, who has died aged 91, was sold as a film star but, in truth, she could have been a ...
This archived item refers to brigitte Bardot obituary. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 27/12/2025
With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens moreWhen Céüze 2000 ski resort closed at the end of the season in 2018, the workers assumed they would be back the following winter. Maps of the pistes were left stacked beside a stapler; the staff rota pinned to the wall.Six years on, a yellowing newspaper dated 8 March 2018 sits folded on its side, as if someone has just flicked through it during a quiet spell. A half-drunk bottle of wa...
This archived item refers to ‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps?. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 25/12/2025
Matriarchs, absent fathers and troubled childhoods: 2025 was the year French literature focused on familyIn my neighbourhood bookshop, La Galerne, the shelves are well organised. On the ground floor, there’s a corner for foreign literature and another for French literature, with the latest releases right at the front. For nonfiction and essays, you used to have to go downstairs. But two years ago, they put a new table in front of the French literature corner for feminist essays and memoirs. A...
This archived item refers to how the French fell in love with family-driven memoirs and autofiction | Anne-Laure Pineau. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 25/12/2025
Brutal stabbing of Karen Carter, 65, in France has been followed by talk of affairs and speculation over the culpritThe quiet village of Trémolat nestled in the Dordogne valley is best known for its “cingle”, where the sinuous river forms an Instagrammable loop.Home to about 700 people, along with restaurants, a cafe, boulangerie and wine bar, it is a picture-perfect French idyll and a popular place for a getaway or even retirement. Continue reading...
This archived item refers to dordogne murder mystery: British woman’s death confounds detectives. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 24/12/2025
France’s rule over Algeria from 1830 to 1962 is marked by mass killings and large-scale deportationAlgeria’s parliament has unanimously approved a law declaring France’s colonisation of the country a crime and demanded an apology and reparations.Lawmakers, standing in the chamber wearing scarves in the colours of the national flag, chanted “long live Algeria” on Wednesday as they applauded the passage of the bill, which states that France holds “legal responsibility for its colonial past in A...
This archived item refers to algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a crime. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 22/12/2025
The Danish postal service has announced it will cease deliveries from 30 December after 400 years. Eventually, other countries may go down a similar routePredictions of the demise of letter writing are not new. The invention of the telegraph and the rise of the postcard were both seen as potential threats to a more leisurely, reflective form of communication. Yet by the close of the 20th century, more letters were being sent than ever, as social correspondence began to be supplemented by a bo...
This archived item refers to the Guardian view on sending letters: the writing’s on the wall. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 22/12/2025
It was 1995, and I had spent the evening carousing and drinking neat vodka. Now I was trapped in a friend’s flat in Paris, with no phone – and he had flown to New YorkWinter 1995: I wake to the sound of a vacuum cleaner repeatedly striking the door near my head. I’m in a small bed in a tiny room. Wherever I am, I’m hungover.I remember: I’m in Paris, after a big night out. Just the one night – I’d arrived on the Eurostar the previous afternoon with a friend. We’d gone out for drinks, then to a...
This archived item refers to my big night out: I was hungover and locked in an apartment. The only escape? A high, narrow window ledge. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 19/12/2025
A compelling model for sustainable security without nuclear deterrence or offensive military capabilities could be developed, writes Dr Ian Davis. Plus letters from Prof Michael Rustin and Jon DukeIt is good to see Jonathan Freedland calling out the thuggery of the Trump administration (Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe, 12 December). To safeguard its security and values, Europe must act swiftly to prepare for a post‑Nato Europe. Most Europe-centric alternative proposals appr...
This archived item refers to europe mustn’t build its own house of dynamite | Letters. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 12/12/2025
Mutations thought to be spreading flu faster and earlier, with vaccines less effective than hopedThe NHS is bracing for one of its worst winters on record as a surge in flu cases puts pressure on GP surgeries, hospitals and ambulance services. The flu season is well under way in continental Europe, too, where the same flu strain active in the UK is emerging as the force behind a new wave of infections. Continue reading...
This archived item refers to as NHS braces for record flu cases, is the strain active in continental Europe too?. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 10/12/2025
Report found avoidable security failures including broken CCTV and lack of coordination at museum, hearing toldLouvre robbery in video, photographs and mapsThe thieves who stole crown jewels from the Louvre in October evaded police with just 30 seconds to spare due to avoidable security failures at the Paris museum, a damning investigation has revealed.The investigation, ordered by the culture ministry after the embarrassing daylight heist, revealed that only one of two security cameras was w...
This archived item refers to louvre thieves evaded police with 30 seconds to spare, investigation finds. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 09/12/2025
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereOh, and a little warning shot from EU’s Kallas:“If we go into the fight [of] pointing fingers, I mean, we can also point a lot of fingers [on] what is wrong in America, but this is not the way we work, we are not going to meddle with the internal affairs of other countries.” Continue reading...
This archived item refers to ukraine and Europe will be ready to present ‘refined’ peace plan to US ‘in near future’, Zelenskyy says – as it happened. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 08/12/2025
Zelenskyy says talks with Starmer, Macron and Merz were a ‘small progress towards peace’See all our Ukraine war coverageMeanwhile, we are starting to look towards 10 Downing Street as the leaders should start arriving in the next hour. Last preparations are under way, and we have a live stream for you at the top of the page.In the last few minutes, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has just landed in the UK, Sky News has reported. Continue reading...
This archived item refers to ukraine war live: Number 10 says Europe must ‘ramp up’ economic pressure on Russia after Zelenskyy meeting – as it happened. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 08/12/2025
Nicolas Sarkozy’s new book, The Diary of a Prisoner, is being released this week – and also details the time he spent in jailThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party is “not a danger” to France, and he would not support a united front of parties against Le Pen at the next election.In his new book, written at a “small plywood table” in prison where he recently served 20 days of a sentence for criminal conspiracy, Sarkozy said many...
This archived item refers to far-right National Rally ‘not a danger’ to France, Sarkozy claims. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 08/12/2025
Home Office drive to stop small boats crossing Channel is handing more power to people smugglers, report findsThe UK’s policy to stop asylum seekers from crossing the Channel in small boats has led to an increase in violence, deaths and smuggler control, but has not deterred arrivals, according to a report by human rights organisations.The 176-page report from Humans for Rights Network, includes contributions from 17 refugee and human rights organisations operating in northern France and six ...
This archived item refers to uK asylum policy causes more violence and deaths, say rights groups. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 07/12/2025
Open valve in heating system affects 300 to 400 items just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concernsA water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre’s Egyptian department, the Paris museum said on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns over its infrastructure.“Between 300 and 400 works” were affected by the leak discovered on 26 November, the museum’s deputy administrator, Francis Steinbock, said, describing them as “Egyptology journa...
This archived item refers to water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 06/12/2025
Clémentine Autain believes only a leftwing alliance united behind one leader can fend off the threat of a far-right presidentAt a busy market in Sevran, a low-income suburb north of Paris, the local MP, Clémentine Autain, was shaking hands and posing for selfies, arguing that only a left alliance could stave off the threat of a French far-right president being elected in less than 18 months.“The French far right is high in the polls and riding an international Trumpian wave,” said Autain, 52....
This archived item refers to ‘We have to end the melancholy’: the French leftwing MP intent on resisting the far right. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 06/12/2025
French president’s remarks come a day after a report claimed he had warned Washington could betray KyivEmmanuel Macron has said there is “no mistrust” between Europe and the US, a day after a report claimed the French president had warned privately there was a risk Washington could betray Ukraine.“Unity between Americans and Europeans on the Ukrainian issue is essential. And I say it again and again, we need to work together,” Macron told reporters during a visit to China on Friday. Continue ...
This archived item refers to ‘No mistrust’ between Europe and US over Ukraine, Macron says. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 04/12/2025
It borders Brazil, but French Guiana is now a remote outpost of the EU. It is home to Europe’s only spaceport, some of the most biodiverse forest on the planet and a military mission that is testing the limits of western powerAbove me, a ceiling of rough wooden branches and tarp. To my right, an officer in the French Foreign Legion types up the daily situation report. In front of me a French gendarme named David is standing in front of a table full of large assault rifles, pointing out locati...
This archived item refers to rockets, gold and the Foreign Legion: can Europe defend its frontier in the Amazon? | Alexander Hurst. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 04/12/2025
Nine-country poll finds half of people believe risk of war with Russia is high and three-quarters want to stay in EUNearly half of Europeans see Donald Trump as “an enemy of Europe”, rather more rate the risk of war with Russia as high and more than two-thirds believe their country would not be able to defend itself in the event of such a war, a survey has found.The nine-country poll for the Paris-based European affairs debate platform Le Grand Continent also found that nearly three-quarters ...
This archived item refers to half of Europeans see Trump as enemy of Europe, survey finds. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.
The Guardian – France
• 02/12/2025
Relations between French company Dassault and the German unit of Airbus are reportedly ‘very strained’The leaders of France and Germany have a “strong willingness” to build a new fighter jet together despite bitter internal rivalries, according to the chief executive of engine manufacturer Safran.A row over who should lead between French aerospace company Dassault and the German unit of Airbus has threatened to break apart the countries’ efforts to make a next-generation fighter jet. Continue...
This archived item refers to production of French-German fighter jet threatened by rivalries, chief executive says. The source originates from The Guardian – France and was published in December 2025.