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05/05/2013

French weekly magazines review

The French weeklies are dominated by a jobless May Day in France and President François Hollande’s horrible first year in office.

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 ...

17/04/2013 - France

French Catholic bishops elect new leader

France’s Catholic bishops have chosen a new leader – Archbishop Georges Pontier takes over from Cardinal André Vingt-Trois at a time when the church is deeply involved in ...

12/04/2013 - France

French gay marriage bill to face final reading this week

France’s gay marriage law is to face its final reading in the lower house of parliament starting next Wednesday acter the Senate passed it on Friday.

05/04/2013 - France

Protests and prayers as French Senate debates gay marriage

Opponents of gay marriage demonstrated outside the French Senate on Thursday and Friday as the upper house debated the government’s gay marriage bill.

06/03/2013 - France

French school-on-a-boat guru accused of paedophilia

A French alternative education guru on Wednesday told a court he accepted responsibility for the “suffering” of former pupils who accuse him of statutory rape during voyages of a ...

06/02/2013 - France - UK - Russia

Gay marriage laws will block French, British adoption of Russian kids, official

The legalisation of gay marriage has reduced French and British couples’ chances of adopting Russian children, Moscow’s human rights representative declared Wednesday.

02/02/2013 - France

French MPs overwhelmingly back key gay rights clause

France’s parliament has approved the first and most important article of the government’s law legalising same-sex marriage.

27/01/2013 - France

Mass rallies for gay marriage ahead of crucial French parliament debate

Thousands of people have marched through Paris to support gay marriage and adoption rights in a final demonstration before the French National Assembly debates the laws.

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