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'Probably more EU integration to come,' former WTO chief Pascal Lamy says

Pascal Lamy, a 77-year-old "globalist" Frenchman who has staked his decades-long career on the idea that more Europe is always better than less, has told FRANCE 24 he's hopeful that the solid gains by hard-right and Eurosceptic parties in the EU elections will spur Europe's 500 million citizens to build…

France 24 · Jun 14, 2024

France at a crossroads: Is the far right on the verge of power?

Charles de Gaulle famously complained that governing a country with 246 kinds of cheese was all but impossible. Less known is what De Gaulle said just before that: "Only peril can bring the French together". President Emmanuel Macron had peril on his mind when he stunned his compatriots by calling…

France 24 · Jun 14, 2024

'We are asking for a public inquiry' into migrant deaths at sea: European Ombudsman

Alarmed by a recent series of maritime emergencies involving migrants trying to reach European shores, Europe's top ethics watchdog is calling on the EU’s authorities to open a public investigation into thousands of deaths in the Mediterranean Sea. European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly demanded an independent commission of inquiry as part…

France 24 · Mar 1, 2024

Mass shootings in the US: The impossible reform of gun legislation

The US town of Uvalde, Texas began to bury its dead this week after the country's worst school shooting in a decade. Nineteen students and two teachers were shot dead by an 18-year-old gunman. When President Joe Biden went to console grieving families, he was greeted with protesters shouting "Do…

France 24 · Jun 2, 2022

Biden signs Ukraine lend-lease act, a programme resurrected from WWII

The US has pledged tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine. With time of the essence, President Joe Biden signed legislation that was last used during World War II. We take a closer look at the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 and get analysis from FRANCE 24's International…

France 24 · May 12, 2022

US abortion rights under threat: the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade

In this week's show, we take a look at why the constitutional right to abortion in the United States appears to be in the crosshairs of the Supreme Court. This happened after a leaked draft showed the Court may be ready to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which…

France 24 · May 5, 2022

More than 900 civilian bodies found in Kyiv region, police say

The bodies of more than 900 civilians have been discovered in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following the withdrawal of Russian forces — most of them fatally shot, police said Friday. Most of them had died from gunshot wounds, an indication that many people were "simply executed”, said the…

France 24 · Apr 15, 2022

As it happened: Multiple rockets hit Lviv in western Ukraine

Four rockets hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, local officials said, in the most significant attack on the city since the start of the war with Russia. Governor Maksym Kozytskyy said five people had been woundedafter two rockets hit a fuel depot and two others later hit…

France 24 · Mar 26, 2022