Two parliamentary groups have filed no-confidence motions against the government of President Emmanuel Macron after his prime minister forced through controversial pension reforms without a vote...

Move, which followed weeks of protests against pension overhaul, triggered three nights of unrest and demonstrations in Paris and throughout country...

Authorities banned protests near the National Assembly building in Paris over plans to raise the retirement age...

Trade unions urge workers to step up and briefly block the Paris ring road on Friday...

The decision prompted raucous protests on Thursday inside the assembly chamber, where Opposition lawmakers sang the French national anthem and banged on their desks...

Opinion polls show a vast majority of voters oppose the changes, and unions and protesters, have warned they will continue their mobilisation even if the bill is voted through...

People marched on March 15 with home-made placards reading 'No to 64 years'...

The Senate has approved President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms, but the bill will be adjusted ahead of a final vote...

A prolific striker with 259 goals from 283 matches in his club career, Fontaine was one of the key players of the great Stade de Reims team that reached the European Cup final in 1959...

Macron told the newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche that France wanted Russia to be defeated in Ukraine but had never wanted to ‘crush’ it...