France

A French lawyer and feminist spoke to us from Paris.

Ms Pelicot’s lawyers said she felt a “sense of relief” after her husband and 50 co-defendants were found guilty in the mass rape trial.

Political activist Annie Lennox and singer is the founder of the international feminist organisation The Circle

We talk to Cynthia Illouz, a journalist and academic who founded the French feminist organisation ‘The Women’s Voices’ and Eleonore Caroit, who is a member of the French National Assembly from President Macron’s Renaissance party.

Gisèle Pelicot insisted upon waiving her right to anonymity to make the four-month trial public and force a debate on problematic attitudes towards sexual violence.

National Rally have branded Francois Bayrou a “dummy of Macronism” and will choose their moment to once again wield their guillotine.

Despite attempts to appease the far-right, Prime Minister Michel Barnier could not convince opposition parties to back his budget, designed to save €60 billion through tax rises and cuts to services. 

The French government looks likely to fall this week – after left-wing and far-right parties lodged no-confidence motions in the prime minister.

President Macron’s office took the unusual step of issuing a formal denial that he had told his confidents “the government is going to fall.”

Schengen Agreement: Many EU countries have recently reintroduced ‘temporary controls’ at their borders, leading to questions as to whether a core fundamental of the European Union is collapsing.

France finally has a government more than two months after a snap election triggered by President Macron. With calls for a vote of no confidence from day one, how long can it survive?

We spoke to conservative writer Helene de Lauzun and I started by asking about the failure of medical services to pick up on what was happening to Gisele Pelicot.

There have been demonstrations across France today in support of Gisele Pelicot, whose husband is on trial accused of drugging her and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her when she was sedated. 

Michel Barnier has been appointed as the new French Prime Minister, almost two months after France’s snap elections ended in political deadlock.

It’s nearly two months since elections were held in France, yet President Emmanuel Macron has rejected all candidates suggested so far for a replacement prime minister.