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Five days before the first round of parliamentary elections in France the electoral debate is heating up, and as of noon today the first French people began

Protests in France will continue during the holidays. This was announced by the unions, who warned that there will be no "Christmas truce", NOVA reported.

The workers are striking against the pension reform.

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have won the most votes in Sunday's presidential elections in France.

They have qualified for the runoff on May 7.

According to the final results announced by the French Interior Ministry, Macron won 23.75 percent in the first round, followed by Le Pen with 21.53 percent.

French police were on Friday hunting a second suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a policeman in Paris, French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said, Reuters reported.

The attack at the Louvre is a terrorist act, stated French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

Paris Prosecutor's Office is already leading an investigation.

A French soldier opened fire after a man tried to enter the Louvre in Paris with suspicious luggage.

The area around the museum has been cut off.

PARIS - The Louvre museum in Paris has been cordoned off, after a French soldier opened fire on an attacker, wounding him, reported RT citing local media.

The French Interior Ministry reported that there has been a "grave public security incident" in the vicinity of the Louvre museum.

France began clearing the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais on Oct. 24, with hundreds carrying suitcases queuing outside a hangar to be resettled in reception centers across the country. 

The first buses departed less than an hour after immigration workers started the operation and officials predicted some 2,500 would leave on the first day, Reuters reported.

Turkish Ambassador to Paris Hakk? Akil has denied claims put forward by CNN International's Christiane Amanpour that two Turkish passports were found on two of the Paris bombers. 

"No, not even a crumb of official intelligence about that has come to us," Akil said during a televised program on Turkish private station CNNTürk that was broadcasting from Paris on Nov. 15. 

Prime Minister Victor Ponta stated, on Tuesday, that he is shocked by the news of the air crash in France and declared that his thoughts go towards the families and close ones of the victims of the crash.

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Wreckage from the Airbus A320 that fell down in the French Alps has been located, a French Interior Ministry spokesman says.

Pierre-Henry Brandet told French media outlets the passenger jet, which was carrying 142 passengers and 6 crew, cashed at an altitude of 2000 meters.