Government of France

The French government has backed down on planned fuel tax hikes in a bid to draw the heat out of fierce protests that have escalated into the deepest crisis of Emmanuel Macron's presidency, reports AFP. 

The National Liberal Party (PNL, opposition) intends to call in for questioning the Prefect of Bucharest, and, as a political action, will submit a motion against the Minister of Internal Affairs once the Parliament will resume its activity, announced Tuesday, Victor Paul Dobre, the deputy leader of the liberal group from the Chamber of Deputies.

Most French companies hoping to continue doing business in Iran after the U.S. imposes new sanctions on the country will find it impossible to do so, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on June 19.

Police in France have foiled a suspected terror attack and arrested two brothers of Egyptian origin, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on May 18.

A French police officer who volunteered to trade places with a hostage during a terror attack involving a standoff in a supermarket has died of his injuries, France's interior minister said Saturday local time.

French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said on Twitter Saturday morning that the lieutenant colonel who was seriously injured, Arnaud Beltrame, died.

Newly-inaugurated French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a conservative prime minister in a move to broaden his political appeal and weaken his opponents before legislative elections in June.

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron's party on May 11 unveiled more than 400 candidates who will stand in parliamentary elections in June, with half of them newcomers to politics and half of them women.

Alain Juppe has ruled himself out of replacing Francois Fillon in the French presidential election.

The former prime minister said he will not be a replacement for Mr Fillon if he withdraws his presidential bid.

Embattled French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon vowed that "no one" could force him to quit as he dug in despite calls to withdraw over an expenses scandal.

The conservative was in a defiant mood after holding a rally in Paris attended by tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters.

Police raided the Paris home of French rightwing presidential candidate Francois Fillon on March 2 over an alleged fake job scandal as a senior party colleague warned him he risked dragging his party "into an abyss."