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2 weeks ago | 
al-monitor.com | Claire GALLEN |Valerie Leroux |Anna Smolchenko
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered the government to draw up proposals to tackle the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood movement and the spread of political Islamism in France, the Elysee said. The French presidency made the announcement after Macron chaired a security meeting to examine a report sounding the alarm about the Muslim Brotherhood and saying the movement poses "a threat to national cohesion" in France.
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3 weeks ago | 
barrons.com | Anna Smolchenko |Julie Chabanas
French cryptocurrency boss Pierre Noizat on Friday praised his "heroic" son-in-law and a neighbour armed with a fire extinguisher for thwarting the attempted kidnapping of his pregnant daughter and young grandson.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Veronique Dupont |Anna Smolchenko
French politicians were divided on Thursday over the marathon hearing of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who was grilled by lawmakers about claims of sexual abuse at a Catholic school. Some deputies were outraged at the way Bayrou was questioned for five and a half hours on Wednesday, one of them comparing the hearing to a "Stalinist" trial. Others accused the 73-year-old premier of obfuscation.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Anne Renaut |Anna Smolchenko
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday faces one of the most delicate moments of his five months in office as he responds to questions from a parliamentary committee investigating claims of sexual abuse at a Catholic school. Bayrou has faced accusations from the opposition that as education minister in the 1990s he knew of widespread physical and sexual abuse at the Notre-Dame de Betharram school in southwestern France over many decades.
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1 month ago | 
wargny.com | Paul Ricard |Anna Smolchenko
Elle s'est évadée en pensant au chanteur Brassens et à l'acteur Pierre Richard: la critique de cinéma russe Ekaterina Barabach, qui risquait jusqu'à dix ans de prison dans son pays pour avoir dénoncé la guerre en Ukraine, a fui pour la France grâce à l'aide de Reporters sans frontières (RSF). "J'ai laissé ma mère de 96 ans en me disant que je ne la verrai plus jamais.
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1 month ago | 
capitol.fr | Paul Ricard |Anna Smolchenko
Elle s'est évadée en pensant au chanteur Brassens et à l'acteur Pierre Richard: la critique de cinéma russe Ekaterina Barabach, qui risquait jusqu'à dix ans de prison dans son pays pour avoir dénoncé la guerre en Ukraine, a fui pour la France grâce à l'aide de Reporters sans frontières (RSF). "J'ai laissé ma mère de 96 ans en me disant que je ne la verrai plus jamais.
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1 month ago | 
boursedirect.fr | Paul Ricard |Anna Smolchenko
Elle s'est évadée en pensant au chanteur Brassens et à l'acteur Pierre Richard: la critique de cinéma russe Ekaterina Barabach, qui risquait jusqu'à dix ans de prison dans son pays pour avoir dénoncé la guerre en Ukraine, a fui pour la France grâce à l'aide de Reporters sans frontières (RSF). "J'ai laissé ma mère de 96 ans en me disant que je ne la verrai plus jamais.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Anna Smolchenko |Paul Ricard
A Russian reporter critical of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine said on Monday she had fled to France after Reporters Without Borders helped coordinate her escape. Speaking in an interview with AFP at the media watchdog's headquarters in Paris, Ekaterina Barabash, 64, said she even considered suicide to avoid going to prison. "I began looking for some poison," said Barabash, who faces up to 10 years in prison for criticising Moscow's army. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Russian prison, it's not a life.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Francesco Fontemaggi |Anna Smolchenko |Alice Hackman
France on Thursday hailed talks on the Ukraine war between top US and European officials during which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed a US peace plan. President Emmanuel Macron's office said the talks launched a "positive process" as Europe seeks to be included in efforts to end the three-year-old war. The meetings in the French capital included Macron, Rubio, US envoy Steve Witkoff, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, German officials and Ukrainian ministers.
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2 months ago | 
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Maryam El Hamouchi |Anna Smolchenko
Maryam El Hamouchi and Anna Smolchenko8 April 2025 at 11:03 am·3-min readFrench authorities on Tuesday detained a 76-year-old man over a death threat against the judge who presided over the panel that sentenced far-right leader Marine Le Pen to an election ban, prosecutors said. The bombshell judgement, which could crush the 56-year-old's dream of winning the French presidency in 2027, stunned France's political establishment and infuriated many in her National Rally (RN) party.
