The letter had been drafted and was expected to be sent – but it fell through as political campaigning got underway, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau’s cabinet told Euractiv.
“We have no indication that the letter was formally received,” a Commission spokesperson told Euractiv.
Budget to tackle French debt includes a windfall tax on profits of the largest firms.
Letter sent to EU said Brexit had gravely affected ‘the coherence of policies’ on asylum and migrationGermany and France have called for a Europe-wide deal on migration and asylum with the UK government, to capitalise on Labour’s more “constructive” ap…
Macron’s camp threatens to drop support to new French prime minister if he raises taxes.
At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday (3 September) trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said after a major rescue operation.
At least 12 people have died and two others are in a critical condition after a boat carrying dozens of people seeking asylum in the UK was ‘ripped open’ in the Channel. The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said several people had been injure…
Police were on Saturday (24 August) hunting for a man who, draped in a Palestinian flag, was suspected of setting fires at a synagogue in southern France and triggering an explosion that injured a police officer.
Despite political protests, railway sabotage, gender furore and Russian fake news, Paris 2024 has played out peacefullyIt was on Marseille’s Corniche John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the coastal road that slings around France’s second city, that Gérald Darmani…
After calls to ban Israel from the Games, Israeli athletes have been met with protests, death threats and abuse.
Those responsible for the coordinated acts of sabotage that hit the French railway network on Friday, just before the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, are still unknown. Initial police investigations are looking at individuals connected with extreme l…
Gérald Darmanin says activists may have been encouraged to carry out arson attacks that caused disruptionFrance’s interior minister has suggested that far-left activists were behind the sabotage of the country’s high-speed rail system on the eve of the…
The attack comes a few days after a coordinated arson assault on the French rail network.
France’s interior minister said he could not rule out foreign involvement in an attack that sabotaged signal stations and cables on the country’s high-speed rail network, causing travel chaos on the opening day of the Olympic Games.
Several plots to disrupt the 2024 Paris Olympics have been foiled by French authorities over the past weeks, according to officials. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin Wednesday said police on Tuesday arrested a young man in southwest France acc…
Fears of attempted foreign interference in the Olympics linger as the global event is set to begin.
The city’s residents, already gold medal-level complainers, aren’t too happy about how the Summer Games are affecting their day-to-day lives.
Among thousands of applications, a few dozen were rejected on suspicion of foreign interference, French Interior Minister Darmanin says.
President Ilham Aliyev’s comment come against the backdrop of unprecedently high tensions between Paris and Baku.
The leftist New Popular Front agreed to put forward communist lawmaker André Chassaigne as a candidate for the lower house of parliament. Can Macron and the right unite to beat him?
We hand out gold medals and wooden spoons to the French capital.
A fragmented election with no clear winner is typical for most EU countries. Can France learn to love the messy art of compromise?
The outgoing prime minister secures a way forward after the snap election debacle.
Gabriel Attal and Gérald Darmanin are jostling for what’s left of the French president’s party.
Not spent eight hours a day reading about the French election like we have? Let us bring you up to speed.
With Paris set to welcome the world for the Summer Olympics, its mayor, Anne Hidalgo (Parti Socialiste, PS), expressed her “immense relief” at the defeat of the far right in snap elections and said she was reassured that the current government would re…
With no one in charge, the French president’s allies believe anything is possible.
In Tourcoing, the NFP candidate withdrew from the race to block the far right. Now, voters will have to choose between Gérald Darmanin and the RN in the second round.
Attacks on government spokesperson and RN candidate in buildup to Sunday’s poll in which far right expected to make big gainsEurope live – latest updatesAbout 30,000 police will be deployed across France on Sunday night amid fears of violence after the…
In their hour of greatest need for a liberal successor to the country’s president, France’s centrists are in panicky disarray.
Far-right leader Jordan Bardella exchanged tweets with the leader of France’s military law enforcement after a controversial visual was shared.
The ongoing tensions in France’s overseas territory of New Caledonia weighed heavily in a debate at the French Senate, where Senators strengthened and approved a bill on foreign interference.
Paris has despatched elite units to take back the road from the airport to the capital of Nouméa, after the death toll climbed to six.
Mayor calls for show of solidarity against attack after synagogue damaged in blaze amid rising antisemitism in FranceFrench police shoot dead armed man who set fire to Rouen synagogue – latest updatesFrench police shot dead a man armed with a knife and…
French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital Noumea, the top French official in the Pacific island territory said on Friday (17 May).
Violent protests have erupted in France’s South Pacific archipelago as decades-old tensions come to a head.
State of emergency has been declared in the Pacific Ocean archipelago after four people were killed in the worsening violence.
The French government announced a ban on TikTok on the island of New Caledonia to tackle swelling riots on its Pacific island overseas territory. France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said the popular video-sharing app will be shut down as part of a state of emergency which includes the deployment of the army and a curfew […]
Opposition has seized upon killings that shine spotlight on two big issues: prisons crisis and violent drug tradeAs police continued to hunt the gunmen who killed two prison guards at a Normandy toll booth and freed a convict linked to gangland drug ki…
Violence erupts in New Caledonia as separatists accuse French government of seeking to weaken representation of territory’s indigenous population.
Matches will go ahead as planned, organizers said.
Minister and intelligence services meet to discuss security for Games that includes opening ceremony on the SeineThe French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, has met intelligence services to assess the terrorist threat to the country, after the Mosco…
France remains on high alert after Friday’s attack at a Moscow concert venue that killed more than 130 people.
Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Elon Musk were among the A-listers in attendance.
Stars et milliardaires ont répondu présents pour voir le PDG de LVMH être élevé au plus haut rang de la Légion d’honneur.
French President Emmanuel Macron asked for capacity to be reduced to half of what was initially planned for showpiece event.
The French football star had filed a complaint against France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin after the politician said Benzema was linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.
À l’occasion de la Saint-Valentin, POLITICO a listé les couples les plus influents de l’année en politique.
French candidates leading the EU election lists have hit back at French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin’s announcement of a tailor-made constitutional amendment on citizenship for the overseas region of Mayotte.
Interior minister Gérald Darmanin plans to change constitution to remove birthplace right to citizenship on island that is part of FranceFrench authorities have announced a controversial plan to amend the constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship o…
Constitutional Court also struck down cushy visa deal for rich Brits.
France’s highest constitutional body ruled that 32 of the 86 articles in the French government’s controversial immigration bill are unconstitutional, in a much-awaited judicial ruling on Thursday (25 January).
Football transfer row snowballs in Paris.
European nations including France should stop sending refugees from the North Caucasus back to Russia as they risk being tortured or being forced to fight in Ukraine, Amnesty International said on Thursday (18 January).
Footballer was accused of having link to Islamist group by Gérald Darmanin, who offered no evidenceThe French footballer Karim Benzema has filed a defamation suit against the country’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, after the minister said he had …
Feud between former Real Madrid star and France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin escalates.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin accused the football star of being linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.
The new French government was unveiled on Thursday afternoon (11 January), with most political heavyweights still in, while the right makes a grand entry with two conservative ministers in top jobs and Renew lead Stéphane Séjourné becomes foreign minis…
Macron’s choice for foreign affairs, 38-year-old Stéphane Séjourné, is likely to make waves in both Paris and Brussels.
President seeks breath of fresh air to revitalize flagging second term.
Actors, writers and celebs have lined up in defense of Gérard Depardieu, alongside the French president.
French president is expected to speak on Wednesday after a crunch vote in parliament split his majority.
France’s interior minister Wednesday (13 December) vowed to do “everything” to prevent an Uzbek citizen returning to France despite top French and European courts ruling against his expulsion.
French president’s lost majority hits him with a vengeance.
In a stunning setback for President Emmanuel Macron’s government, the French parliament on Monday adopted a motion to reject a controversial immigration bill. Lawmakers from both ends of the political spectrum voted down Macron’s flagship bill without…
Opposition parties from across the political spectrum banded together against the government.
French lawmakers will decide on Monday whether to cut short any debate on the government’s immigration bill, which would effectively send flagship legislation back to the drawing board. Spearheaded by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, the bill is hea…
France’s lower house of parliament is set to debate the government’s controversial immigration reform bill on Monday. The bill, which would place a limit on migrant arrivals and restrict their access to healthcare, has been touted by French interior m…
Hanukkah candle sparks controversy in France.
When is it terrorism? And when is it a mental health issue? France’s interior minister is branding Saturday night’s fatal stabbing of a German tourist near Paris’s Eiffel Tower a “failure of psychiatric care”. We ask about Gérald Darmanin’s words and …
Police arrest 26-year-old Frenchman in the assault, which President Macron labels terrorism.
One person died and two others were injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Saturday (2 December).
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Minister warns of risk from militias after death of 16-year-old blamed on immigrants and minoritiesThe French interior minister has called for the dissolution of three extreme-right groups after a series of marches were organised in response to the kil…
As pro-Palestine marches take place across the continent, many nations are using their own laws to ban events – with little protection from EU lawsIn the first weeks that followed 7 October, when Hamas’s killing of 1,400 people in Israel triggered the …
Interior ministry ordered disbanding in June, following violent clashes with police.
The debate around immigration has been super-charged in France ahead of the European elections.
Paris police chief Laurent Nunez tells of 257 cases in the Paris region alone and 90 arrestsIsrael-Hamas war – latest updatesIsrael-Hamas conflict: a complete guideFrance has recorded more than a thousand antisemitic acts since the deadly 7 October att…
France has seen an increase in the number of antisemitic acts since Hamas’ attack on Israel.
The former French international threatens to sue Gérald Darmanin for accusing him of Islamist links.
French interior minister again says star is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, a claim denied by Benzema’s lawyer.
There is good reason to be worried about this strange moment in French history.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the star was ‘linked’ with the Muslim party. Benzema’s lawyer said that’s not true.
French Council of State rejects appeal — but states local authorities ‘alone’ should evaluate individual cases for security risks.
As Israel ramps up its military reaction — in turn triggering a humanitarian crisis in Gaza — antisemitism is likely to spike, just as it always does when conflict in the region escalates.
Police officers in France used teargas and water cannon to break up crowds of people who had gathered in central Paris to demonstrate for Palestine despite a ban imposed by French authorities. Gérald Darmanin, the interior minister, said people defying…
Thousands of people take to the streets in Paris in support of Palestinians despite government ban.
French authorities are treating the incident as a terrorist attack.
France has some of the largest Muslim and Jewish populations in Europe.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin looks to clamp down on antisemitism after Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel.
France Unbowed party faces accusations of complacency over antisemitism in recent years, with the latest rift threatening its fragile coalition on the left.
Police deployed to schools and synagogues and security forces step up vigilance after ‘celebrations’ of Hamas attack on Israel Israel and Hamas at war – live updatesGovernments across Europe said they had bolstered security as Jewish groups warned that…
France, Germany, Austria and the UK have decided to increase the protection of Jewish schools, institutions and places of worship in response to Hamas’ attack on Israel, with French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin saying the main reason for the incre…
Police protection has been increased around synagogues and Jewish schools as conflict escalates in Israel and Gaza.
The French government dissolved the fundamentalist Catholic association Civitas on Wednesday (October 4), stating that the group seeks to “wage war against the Republic” by spreading anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, homophobic and conspiracy theories.
On Friday, the French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, sent a letter of support to the police and gendarmes. He also sent a telegram to local officials, calling on them to “exercise particular vigilance regarding these gatherings.”
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin travelled to Rome on Monday (18 September) to “help Italy hold its border” as the Italian island of Lampedusa faces a major influx of migrants.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Lampedusa on Sunday (17 September), an official said, as dozens of the Italian island’s citizens protested over a recent surge in migrant arrivals.
A faction of French President Emmanuel Macron’s parliamentary majority and several leading left-wing figures are rallying behind a campaign to regularise the status of undocumented immigrant workers in understaffed professions.
The unsubstantiated allegation stands to strain already tense relations between Rome and Paris.
