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06/06/2013 - France

Youth left brain-dead after attack by far right militants in central Paris

A 19 year old far left political activist has been left brain-dead, after being attacked by far right militants in central Paris on Wednesday evening.

Vincent Autin (L) and Bruno Boileau sign the marriage registrer at Montpellier town hall
30/05/2013 - France

Gay marriage opponents in French court as first couple marries

As France’s first same-sex marriage took place in the south, a court in Paris heard the cases of protesters who clashed with police during Sunday’s demonstration against the gay ...

Vincent Autin (2nd L) and Bruno Boileau (centre) at a press conference with families in Montpellier Tuesday
29/05/2013 - France

France to celebrate first gay marriage but opposition lives on

France’s first same-sex wedding takes place in the southern city of Montpellier on Wednesday. But some right-wing mayors say they will refuse to conduct these marriages.

Frigide Barjot  (C) on an anti-gay marriage protest last month
25/05/2013 - France

France's gay marriage opponents fall out on eve of planned protest

France’s anti-gay marriage movement faced a damaging split on the eve of what may be its last massive demonstration against the law, passed last month.

Far-right ideologue Dominique Venner
22/05/2013 - France

French right divided over far-right activist's Notre Dame suicide

French right-wingers were divided Wednesday in their response to the suicide of a far-right activist in Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral.

23/04/2013 - France

French parliament adopts gay marriage law

The French parliament voted in favour of same-sex marriage and adoption on Tuesday after a grassroots campaign against the bill which mobilised hundreds of thousands, a spike in hate crimes ...

22/04/2013 - France

Threat sent to top parliamentarian over France's gay marriage bill

The Speaker of France's lower house of parliament on Monday received an envelope containing ammunition powder and a threatening letter telling him to delay Tuesday’s final vote on a bill ...

22/04/2013 - France

French press review 22 April 2013

Disputes about marriage dominate this morning's front pages.

19/04/2013 - France

French MPs come to blows as gay marriage debate ends

Punches were reportedly thrown in the French parliament on Thursday night as MPs wrapped up the long debate on the government’s gay marriage bill.

18/04/2013 - France - world cinema

Cannes names films in competition for 2013

Nineteen film directors are in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, including the US's Coen brothers and six French directors. The films include Steven Soderbergh's biography of ...

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