The indiscriminate use of chemical weapons by France’s security state on its own citizens has long been viewed as an acceptable part of everyday life. While police forces in countries such as Britain will only deploy noxious substances very occasionally, and in…

On the first day of this year’s COP24, nearly 50 heads of state – including British prime minister Theresa May – signed a declaration proposed by the Polish government and ambitiously named the “Solidarity and Just Transition Silesia Declaration”. The paper didn’t…

Many cars were allowed to pass through péage toll booths for free during some gilets jaunes protests Drivers will not receive any extra fines – which would normally be due if a driver had managed to get past a péage stop without…

© Belga Around 50 Gilets Jaunes were involved in an awareness campaign in the streets of Namur between 10:30 and 14:00 on Saturday. The activists met at the railway station, as they have every Saturday for the last few weeks. They marched…

It’s hard to imagine how the scene would play out if the gilets jaunes —the “yellow vest” anti-government protesters throughout France—were to cross paths with all those who flaunt their street style A game during men’s Fashion Week in Paris. This much…

‘Yellow vest’ protests have dented the French economy The euro has fallen against the dollar after disappointing French and German economic surveys dismayed the markets. In France, private sector business activity contracted for the first time in two and a half years…

Thousands gathered in Paris and across the rest of France in the latest "Act" of gilets jaunes protests In the eighth weekend of protests, official figures from the ministry for the Interior suggest that over 3,500 protested through Paris with clashes turning…

French prime minister Edouard Philippe spoke for 10 minutes on TF1 about the government’s response to the violence during gilets jaunes protests. Philippe told TF1’s 20 heures that around 80,000 police and gendarmes will be on duty for the ninth round of…

Paralysis is the inevitable outcome of trying to deliver on the politics of anger, writes Paris Gourtsoyannis. Where Brexit is concerned, nothing has changed – but there was a brief moment during the Theresa May’s otherwise unrevealing interview on The Andrew Marr…

Security officials and retailers said industrial safety equipment dealers had been ordered not to sell yellow vests to people buying in person. They are only allowed to take wholesale purchases from verified companies. Permission also has to be granted from the police….