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On 19 January, the Ministry of the Interior counted 1.12 million demonstrators, including 80,000 in Paris. [37] Over 200 demonstrations were reported in the country. [38] More than one million people took to the streets in Paris and other French towns as part of countrywide protests over proposals to raise the retirement age. [39]
May 68 (French: Mai 68) refers to a period of civil unrest that occurred throughout France from May to June 1968. Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, and the occupation of universities and factories.
On 2 July, the home of the mayor of L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Vincent Jeanbrun, was attacked in the suburbs south of Paris. [79] After the town hall had been targeted by rioters for several nights, the mayor had the building protected with barricades and barbed wire fencing and decided to spend the night there to monitor the security situation. [ 80 ]
But Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7-8, mark the official opening ceremony, scheduled for about 7 p.m. in Paris (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT) with the opening of the doors, a religious ceremony and a concert ...
Trump to visit Paris for Notre Dame: Cathedral's reopening in first trip abroad as president-elect France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron are seen at a ...
1848: French demonstration of 15 May 1848, an event played out in the streets of Paris that was intended to reverse the results of a Second Republic election of deputies to the Constituent Assembly. 1848: The June Days uprising , an insurrection staged by Radical Republicans dissatisfied by the lack of social and class reform under the Second ...
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has been forced to resign just three months into his term, after lawmakers on the left and the right united to support a no-confidence motion and plunge the ...