A protestor looks on after being allegedly injured by anti-riot police during a demonstration against pension reform in Toulouse, southern France, on March 28, 2023.
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Jacques de Maillard, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay and Aurélien Restelli, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay
The brutal methods employed by the French police to maintain order during protests contrast with those of its European neighbours.
André Dao has kept the legacy of his grandparents alive in Anam, a brilliant novel of immense scope that became a full quest for the truth of his family history, which spans the two Vietnam Wars.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes President of Chad’s Transitional Military Council Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, in Paris, in 2021.
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Expulsion of the German ambassador could be a way of warning other embassies, especially France, to steer clear of Chadian politics and support for the opposition.
According to an investigation by a consortium of journalists, certain tax practices in banks have led to a loss of revenue of 150 billion euros over 15 years in Europe.
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In the midst of the pension reform crisis, the constant weakening of institutions and mediation bodies raises questions about Emmanuel Macron’s exercise of power.
Drawing of the premises of a data annotation company made with the AI Midjourney.
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An investigation has revealed that French tech firms, seeking to create an AI “à la française”, have turned to one of the country’s former colonies, Madagascar, for low-cost labour.
Far from an exception, 16 March marked the 100th time under the Fifth Republic that France’s president chose to use a special constitutional measure to force through unpopular measures.
Young people walk behind a banner during a demonstration in Paris against the reform of the pension system.
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The adoption of France’s pension-reform law without a vote of the National Assembly puts greater demands on workers for the benefit of those who have already retired.
A demonstrator holds a placard reading “Macron, no no no no, 49,3 times no”, a reference to a French law that would allow the country’s president to pass pension reform without a vote in the National Assembly.
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While the scale of the strikes in both countries is historic, a scholar in employer relations notes the legislative conditions framing industrial action in the UK are much more restrictive.
Are you ready to eat insects?
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France’s trade unions have managed to galvanise the largest movement in decades in opposition to pension reform. What will happen to them once the bill has been passed or abandoned?
Brexit and Boris Johnson caused tension but France and the UK are getting back on track.
To test the ballistic properties of the stone points found in the Mandrin cave, modern duplicates were created and hafted on to shafts, as they may have been 54,000 years ago.
Laure Metz, Ludovic Slimak
Laure Metz, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU); Jason E. Lewis, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Ludovic Slimak, Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès
In 2022 we detailed the discovery of 1,500 stone points in France’s Madrin cave. Experiments now show that they could were used as arrowheads, pushing back evidence of archery in Eurasia by 40,000 years.
In 2019, the former IMF chief, Christine Lagarde, stated that closing the gender gap in employment could hike global GDP by 35 per cent.
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The challenge is not so much to integrate sustainable development into engineering or management as to teach engineering and management for sustainable development.
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The challenge is not so much to integrate sustainable development into engineering or management education as to teach engineering and management for sustainable development.
Virgin Orbit is launching satellites using a rocket slung under the wing of an aircraft.
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Efforts to launch rockets into space from the UK need to demonstrate reliability.
The Ariane 6 launcher, show during tests in 2021, will be used to launch satellites for France’s “Céleste” and “Iris” surveillance programs.
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Data spanning the past fifty years shows strikes in France have generally not affected growth or foreign investment.
Protesters wave French trade union CGT flags during a rally called by French trade unions against the government pension reform plan in Marseille, southern France, on January 19, 2023.
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French citizens have protested pension reform for the past 30 years. A historian explains why the evolving power struggle between the streets and the state does not bode well for today’s strikers.
Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa and Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht University
Professeure de management stratégique, directrice des programmes du MSc Arts & Creative Industries Management à Paris et de la partie française de l'Institut Franco-Chinois de Management des Arts et du Design à Shanghai, Kedge Business School