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17 July – Over 100,000 people protest across France against Emmanuel Macron's plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations for health workers, along with other restrictions on unvaccinated citizens. [9] 23 July – 8 August – France compete at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and win 10 gold, 12 silver, and 11 bronze medals. 7 August.
April. 10 April - The first round of the 2022 French presidential election is held. [2] 24 April - The second round of the 2022 French presidential election is held and incumbent president Emmanuel Macron is reelected, defeating Marine Le Pen. [3][4][5]
French anti-Barnier government protests. Nationwide protests in France began on 7 September 2024 following French president Emmanuel Macron 's appointment of 73-year-old conservative Michel Barnier as the prime minister of France following the 2024 French legislative election, in which the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance won a ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hezbollah conflict. 23 September 2024 Lebanon strikes. The death toll from the ongoing Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon increases to 558 people, including 50 children, with 1,835 others injured. (Al Jazeera) The Israeli government declares a nationwide state of emergency until September 30.
On 23 October 2020, France's confirmed cases of COVID-19 passed 1 million. The total number of confirmed cases was 1,048,075, with an increase of 42,032, the highest daily rise in a 24-hour period. On 25 October 2020, daily cases topped 50,000 for the first time, with a total of 52,013 new cases reported.
7 February – 2023 French pension reform strikes. A third day of national protests are held, attended by over 2 million strikers, 400,000 in Paris alone, according to the CGT, while the police estimate that around 757,000 strikers participated. [8] 11 February – 2023 French pension reform strikes. A fourth day of national protests are held ...
2022 French protests. Thousands of people across France came to the streets in October 2022, launching a statewide strike against the rise in the cost of living. The demonstrations erupted following weeks of "walkouts" that have crippled oil refineries and caused gasoline shortages. [1]
France, [a] officially the French Republic, [b] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.