The French cabinet has approved a draft law to ban the wearing of full-face veils in public spaces, opening the way for the text to go before parliament in July.
The bill calls for $185 fines and, in some cases, citizenship classes for women do not comply with the ban.
Addressing the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Nicolas [...]
A French woman who has been held on espionage charges in Iran since July has been released and is on the way home, the French president’s office says.
Sunday’s announcement comes a day after Clotilde Reiss’ lawyer said she would be acquitted.
“The president of the republic will receive her and her family at the Elysee Palace [...]
French legislators have passed a resolution asserting that face-covering Muslim veils are contrary to the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity on which France is founded.
The non-binding resolution which passed 434 to 0 on Tuesday, lays the groundwork for a planned law forbidding face-covering veils in public, including in the streets.
Legislators in the 577-seat house [...]
Manuel Noriega, the former military leader of Panama, has been extradited from the US to France where he has been convicted of money laundering.
The former army general and one-time CIA informant, now 76-years-old, was taken from his jail cell and put on board an Air France flight from Miami which was due to arrive in [...]
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has spoken out in favour of a full ban on the Islamic veil as the government draws up a law to prohibit the garment in public spaces.
According to a government spokesman, Sarkozy told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that the veil “hurts the dignity of women and is not acceptable [...]
The French electorate has begun voting in regional polls expected to see heavy losses for Nicolas Sarkozy, the president, in what will be his last big national test before seeking re-election in 2012.
Losses for Sarkozy’s centre-right party in the second and final round of regional elections on Sunday could affect the pace of government reform, [...]
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has been dealt a blow by French voters, as near-complete official results point to a strong showing by rival Socialists in regional polls.
With more than 96 per cent of votes counted, candidates from the Socialist and other leftist parties won 53.6 per cent of the overall vote, according to the [...]
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