As French politicians head off on holiday, John Lichfield looks back at a turbulent year in French politics and what it all ...

Farmers threw manure and rubbish at environmentalist party offices in south-west France in a direct-action protest against an online petition calling for the repeal of the controversial farming law ...

France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati is to go on trial accused of receiving payments from Renault-Nissan while she was a ...

The French are, as a nation, subject to quite a few stereotypes and myths, often romantic ones - but how do real French ...

The UK has banned imports of raw milk cheeses from France on Italy on what it says are safety grounds - but the same cheeses ...

France has started moving some of its most most notorious drug traffickers to a high-security prison as part of a heightened campaign against the narcotics trade.

A mysterious online collective has issued a call for a 'total and unlimited' blockade of France from September, in protest at the budget plans of prime minister François Bayrou.

A road trip can be the perfect way to explore France and access some of the more off-the-beaten track attractions - here are some tips for planning a summer trip.

More than 1.6 million people have already signed an online petition in protest at the adoption of an agriculture bill known that includes a measure for the conditional reintroduction of a ...

Tollbooths are a feature of France's motorway network - but there have been a few changes to the system in recent years.

Several French mayors have imposed night-time curfews on young people, including the southern towns of Limoges, Béziers and ...

The American veteran of the Normandy landings known to his thousands of TikTok followers as 'Papa Jake' has died at the age ...