Russian state television has spent much of the last two weeks playing up the chaos of France’s protests, continuing a trend of coverage that emerged long before troll factories and the modern era of “fake news”. Seven years ago, the Kremlin-backed TV…

Aa Aa Theresa May rejects calls for a second referendum UK Prime Minister Theresa May returned to the House of Commons after the Brussels summit and quelled calls by some MPs for a second referendum. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also tabled a…

Even if you weren’t paying close attention to the Gilets Jaunes protests, there were signs that all was not well in Paris last week: The screens of the ATMs on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré were shattered next to a Missoni store….

WHEN HISTORY comes to study the gilets jaunes (yellow jackets), two symbols will mark their cause. One is the high-visibility jacket that French law requires motorists to carry in case of accident, and is now a uniform of protest. The other is…

The French government is desperately trying to keep its exhausted police force onside following weeks of violent protests demanding economic reforms, improved living standards and the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron. On Wednesday, French officials met with police trade union leaders to…

As the ‘gilets jaunes’ movement continues after President Macron’s speech, the French philosopher examines its origins and some of its political implications for all of us. This protest was organized by yellow vests and movements against G7 in Biarritz, December 18, 2018,…

Aa Aa Euronews’ Paris correspondent Anelise Borges has spent seven days with the movement that has shaken France to its core. You can watch her documentary on the "gilets jaunes" ("yellow vests") in the video player, above. Entitled "France’s Days Of Rage",…

Amid growing concerns over Canada’s ailing domestic oil market, protests have erupted in western parts of the country, where some demonstrators have donned yellow reflective vests inspired by France’s gilets jaunes . Like their French counterparts, the protesters have organized on Facebook…

Some protesters appear to be calling for a repeat of previous weekend movements on Saturday Reports suggest that the area around Versailles could be especially targeted, with the famous palace and grounds confirming that it will close its doors to tourists as…

In recent weeks, France has been seized by the gilets jaunes, an amorphous, leaderless protest group that consists, in part, of people like Édouard Louis’s family and former neighbors. In 2014, the French writer Édouard Louis published “ The End of Eddy…