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The bloody 19th century military mission that still sours relations between France and Niger In 1899 a French-led military expedition left widespread carnage and death in its wake as it marched across parts of West Africa. Soldiers from the so-called Voulet-Chanoine Mission – otherwise know…

The bloody 19th century military mission that still sours relations between France and Niger
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The forgotten suicide victims of France's Catholic school abuse scandals Stories of the abuse of pupils at Notre-Dame-de-Bétharram private Catholic school in south-west France have grabbed the headlines in recent months, and have been the subject of parliamentary debate …

The forgotten suicide victims of France's Catholic school abuse scandals
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What the US-EU trade deal says about France's diminishing voice in Europe Last weekend the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen flew to Scotland where she met President Donald Trump to discuss and ultimately agree on a trade deal between the European …

What the US-EU trade deal says about France's diminishing voice in Europe
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How beleaguered minister Rachida Dati terrorises France's media with total impunity Last week a judge ruled that France's culture minister Rachida Dati should stand trial on corruption and abuse of power charges. However, this did not stop Dati – who denies the allegations – from c…

How beleaguered minister Rachida Dati terrorises France's media with total impunity
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French anti-pesticide petition highlights clash between 'elite democracy and people’s democracy' A public petition launched in France against new legislation that will allow the use of a previously-banned pesticide has gathered close to two million signatures. Among other measures aimed at the …

French anti-pesticide petition highlights clash between 'elite democracy and people’s democracy'
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France's recognition of Palestinian state: why Macron has finally taken the plunge The French president has announced that Paris will formally recognise the state of Palestine during the United Nations General Assembly in September. After long waiting for backing from both Western…

France's recognition of Palestinian state: why Macron has finally taken the plunge
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The chronicles of a genocide in Gaza (part four) Mediapart has since May been publishing a series of reports regularly sent to it from inside the Gaza Strip by two young Palestinians. Nour Elassy, a 22-year-old journalist, who is also a poet and wr…

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The pull of the far-right, as seen from a small town in Normandy As one of a series of reports looking into the rise of support for the far-right in France, Mediapart chose to visit the small town of Gaillon, in southern Normandy, about 100 kilometres north of Pa…

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The extraordinary life and career of French MP Félix Kir Félix Kir was a priest, an honorary canon, briefly a journalist, a one-time supporter of the wartime collaborationist leader Marshal Philippe Pétain before joining with the Resistance, a cassock-wea…

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The chronicles of a genocide in Gaza (part three) Mediapart is publishing a series of reports regularly sent to it from inside the Gaza Strip by two young Palestinians. Nour Elassy, a 22-year-old journalist, who is also a poet and writer, and Ibrahi…

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French PM presents 'last stop before the cliff' budget of massive spending cuts Presenting the key features of the government’s planned draft legislation for the 2026 budget on Tuesday, French Prime Minister François Bayrou adopted a grim, alarmist style, warning that the count…

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New Caledonia: political opponents agree 'state within a state' deal Representatives of the pro- and anti-independence blocks of France’s strife-torn Pacific Ocean territory of New Caledonia on Saturday announced they had reached an agreement for a package of institu…

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Defence lawyer for French surgeon who sexually abused 299 found dead Lawyer Maxime Tessier, 33, a defence counsel for former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec, who was handed a 20-year jail sentence in May for raping and sexually assaulting 299 victims, mostly child patients…

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Rafale fighter jet sale to India: questions over role of François Hollande and partner Julie Gayet A criminal investigation was launched in France in 2021 over the sale of 36 Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter aircraft to India in a deal concluded in 2016 and worth 7.8 billion euros. The judge-led p…

Rafale fighter jet sale to India: questions over role of François Hollande and partner Julie Gayet
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How Jean-Marie Le Pen's surprise final will is tearing his family apart By the time of his death in January 2025 the founder of the far-right Front National, Jean-Marie Le Pen, had been out of front-line politics for a few years. But right until the end this deeply divi…

How Jean-Marie Le Pen's surprise final will is tearing his family apart
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French prime minister François Bayrou embroiled in second school abuse scandal On Wednesday a parliamentary inquiry led by MPs published its reported on the scandal at the prestigious Notre-Dame-de-Bétharram private Catholic school in south-west France and the wider issue of t…

French prime minister François Bayrou embroiled in second school abuse scandal
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The crucial final hurdles facing culture minister Rachida Dati in her bid to be mayor of Paris For culture minister Rachida Dati the stakes this summer  could not be much higher. She is overseeing legislation on the reform of public broadcasting – which got off to a bad start on Monday when t…

The crucial final hurdles facing culture minister Rachida Dati in her bid to be mayor of Paris
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Scams, porn and illegal casinos: the dirty money of a French online payment giant An international investigation called 'Dirty Payments', conducted by Mediapart and 20 other global media outlets, reveals the billions of euros in dubious transactions processed by the French online…

Scams, porn and illegal casinos: the dirty money of a French online payment giant
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How Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise became the new pariahs of French politics There have been accusations of anti-Semitism, calls for its dissolution, and now a parliamentary investigation has begun into its supposed “links” with Islamist organisations: criticism of Jean-Luc M…

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How Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise became the new pariahs of French politics
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'We've been the capital of torture for 7 months': locals angry over statue of notorious French general General Marcel Bigeard was a highly-decorated officer in the French Army who later became a politician. But in recent years his name has been closely linked with the widespread use of torture that s…

'We've been the capital of torture for 7 months': locals angry over statue of notorious French general
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A year after Macron's surprise dissolution of the National Assembly, MPs succumb to boredom In June 2024 President Emmanuel Macron caught many by surprise when he dissolved the National Assembly and called snap parliamentary elections. His aim was to strengthen his hand in the Assembly wher…

A year after Macron's surprise dissolution of the National Assembly, MPs succumb to boredom
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Why we need these citizen protests against the warmongers With the fate of the world depending on the erratic and criminal strategies of autocrats who flout international law, the citizen protests seen across the globe, and in particular those against the …

Why we need these citizen protests against the warmongers
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Iran war: how Macron got caught in an Israeli trap The war declared on Iran by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has completely changed the stance of French diplomacy. A planned conference in New York that would have highlighted France's pos…

Iran war: how Macron got caught in an Israeli trap
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Pan Am flight 103: the revelations of former Libyan agent on the Lockerbie bombing In a series of confessions before US and German prosecutors, the transcripts of which have been obtained by Mediapart, former Libyan secret services agent Musbah Eter detailed how intelligence chief…

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The chronicles of a genocide in Gaza (part two) Mediapart is publishing a series of reports regularly sent to it from inside the Gaza Strip by two young Palestinians. Nour Elassy, a 22-year-old journalist, who is also a poet and writer, and Ibrah…

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The chronicles of a genocide in Gaza (part one) Mediapart is publishing a series of reports regularly sent to it from inside the Gaza Strip by two young Palestinians. Nour Elassy, a 22-year-old journalist, who is also a poet and writer, and Ibrah…

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Suicides in France's overcrowded prisons: the families battling for the truth The number of suicides among prisoners in France is steadily increasing, while overcrowding of prisons is soaring. Often, the families and close entourage of the deceased face a lengthy legal battle…

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Woman files complaint in France over 'war crime' deaths of grandchildren in Gaza In what is the first legal move of its kind in France, a woman has filed a formal complaint for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide over the deaths in Gaza of two of her grandchildren,…

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Lost in the Channel: the migrants who disappear en route to England The macabre and seemingly weekly occurrence of bodies washed ashore on France’s northern Channel coast bears witness to the recurrent tragedies that befall migrants attempting the dangerous clandest…

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The open racism of extreme-right activists who targeted singer Aya Nakamura over Paris Olympics In the spring of 2024 reports that Malian-born French singer Aya Nakamura would perform at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics later that summer attracted controversy and opposition. More tha…

The open racism of extreme-right activists who targeted singer Aya Nakamura over Paris Olympics
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