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France legalizes same-sex marriage
France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the…
French government told to cut back on size of ceremonial Republican Guard
In another sign of tough times in France, the government has been told to cut the size of the Republican Guard, the elite unit that provides the pomp and ceremony on state occasions. The Guard, which includes the last cavalry unit of the French army, has 2,859 civilian and military…
Fear of violence forces France to increase security ahead of country’s same-sex marriage vote
Paris police have stepped up security for the city’s gay community ahead of a final parliamentary vote Tuesday on a bill that will make France the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage. After months of acrimonious debate and hundreds of street protests that have occasionally spilled over into violence, a…
French leaders unmoved by march against marriage equality
France’s ruling Socialists refused to back down on Monday, a day after hundreds of thousands marched against plans to legalise gay marriage and adoption, and as opposition politicians stepped up calls for a referendum on the issue. Despite the massive turn-out in Paris — 800,000 according to organisers, 340,000 according…
French LGBT groups angered over apparent backtrack on marriage equality
France’s main gay lobby suspended links with France’s socialist government Wednesday, saying it felt “betrayed” after President Francois Hollande appeared to backtrack slightly on plans to legalise gay marriage and adoption. The Inter-LGBT said it was “suspending all relations with the government” until Hollande explained “what at best can be…
French Catholic church makes fresh swipe at same sex marriage
LOURDES, France — The Catholic church in France took a fresh swing Sunday at the Socialist government’s plan to authorise gay marriage and adoption, which is to be presented as a draft law this week. Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, who has led opposition to the project, told mass-goers in the…
French police block adultery site from posting ads of politicos as womanizers
French police Monday blocked a Canadian adultery website from posting spoof ads casting presidents Francois Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande as womanisers, the site said. “What do all these men have in common? They should have thought of AshleyMadison.com,” runs the strapline of the cheeky ad, which…
Right-wing French politician sues over claims he had affair with Socialist first lady
A right-wing politician is to sue the authors of a book on French first lady Valerie Trierweiler that claims she had an affair with him while also seeing the current Socialist president, his office said Thursday. Patrick Devedjian, who was a minister under ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, is suing the authors…
French Socialist leader jokingly considers backing Romney
NEW YORK — France’s President Francois Hollande showed a fine understanding of American politics Tuesday when he refused to endorse a US presidential candidate. Asked by a reporter at the UN General Assembly in New York whether he backed Democratic incumbent Barack Obama or his Republican rival Mitt Romney for…
French president outlines green energy policy
President Francois Hollande Friday pledged to close France’s oldest operational nuclear plant in 2016 and rejected seven proposals for shale gas exploration on health and environment concerns. “The Fessenheim plant which is the oldest in our country, will be closed at the end of 2016 in conditions that will guarantee…
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