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People of All Ages Join French Student Protests, as Movement Broadens

By: Ségolène Le Stradic — 6 October 2026 at 16:14

Union members, parents, teachers and others took part in mass demonstrations around the country, backing student demands that the government invest more in schools.

Demonstrators gathered in Paris to protest ailing schools.

With Sébastien Lecornu’s Resignation, France Faces Increasing Turmoil

By: Roger Cohen — 7 October 2025 at 04:01

The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France in Paris on Monday after making the announcement that he had resigned, just a day after naming his government.