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On 9 June 2024, the National Rally party headed by Jordan Bardella, obtained 31.36% of the votes in the European parliamentary elections, causing French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly and call for new legislative elections in two rounds on 30 June and 7 July 2024, to elect the 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic.
1849: Insurrections in Paris and Lyon; 1851: 1851 French coup d'état; 1853–1854: Food riots; 1868: Food riots; 1869: Violent strikes in St Etienne and Aubin 1871: Paris Commune, a radical socialist and revolutionary government that took power in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War and ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871.
There were black bloc groups at the front of the demonstrations in Paris, Lyon, and Nantes on May 1. [33] There were between 2000 and 3000 in Paris, [34] 1000 in Lyon (among 2000 the Rhône prefecture identified as "risky individuals"), [35] and large numbers were also present in Nantes. [33]
French police said they arrested 45 people in Paris and that 12 officers had been injured during traditional May Day protests on Wednesday, though the demonstrations were far more subdued than ...
The Republican marches (French: Marches républicaines) were a series of rallies that took place in cities across France on 10–11 January 2015 to honour the victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting, the Montrouge shooting and the Porte de Vincennes siege, as well as to voice support for freedom of speech and freedom of the press. [2]
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 ...
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On 31 January 2021, several thousand members of student associations and the LGBTQ community gathered in Paris to protest against poor educational and social conditions. [6] The main rally organized by the CGT took place on 4 February 2021 in Paris and other cities across France. Participants came from across all social classes and industries.