For Michel Barnier, negotiating with the Tories will have seemed a breeze compared with his short stint as French prime minister. The EU’s former Brexit negotiator is on the cusp o
The European Union's #Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said on Monday that sealing a new trade pact with #Britain was still possible as the two sides tried to break deadlocks on
Tonight we bring you a special report on the unfolding political crisis in Senegal, after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set
The EU parliament on Wednesday adopted a contentious reform of Europe's asylum policies that will harden border procedures and force all the bloc's 27 nations to share responsibili
The EU parliament on Wednesday adopted a contentious reform of Europe's asylum policies that will harden border procedures and force all the bloc's 27 nations to share responsibili
French lawmakers tackle a bill on Monday to dig up radical #Islam by its roots in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, so
The French parliament has dropped a controversial bill that would have curbed the right to film police officers in action, the speaker of parliament and leader of President Emmanue
Britain and the European Union agreed terms of a trade deal on Thursday after months of knife-edge negotiations and seven days before transitional arrangements come to an end. That
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke before a joint session of parliament during a surprise visit to London on Wednesday, thanking the British people for their support from
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western mili
This Friday marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris terror attacks, in which 130 people were killed. The last few weeks have seen more bloodshed, with attacks in the Paris region,
Separatist parties boosted their majority in Catalonia's regional parliament in an election on Sunday, more than three years after a failed bid to break away from Spain, partial re
In tonight's edition: As South Africa's president vows to win the battle against coronavirus we speak to the country's top epidemiologist about the importance of an equitable respo
EU leaders are sounding the alarm over potential Russian interference in the upcoming European Parliamentary elections. They're warning that the Kremlin is using disinformation in
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 while on an official visit to France, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta discussed the main challenges facing him. Asked about the fight agai
#France’s lower house of parliament is voting Tuesday on a #bill that would strengthen government oversight of mosques and religious schools and crack down on polygamy and forced m
France’s parliament voted to approve a controversial law Friday that will ban the publication of images of on-duty police officers as well as expand the use of surveillance drones
Police in #Georgia stormed the headquarters of the country’s main #opposition party and arrested its leader on Tuesday. The arrest of Nika #Melia, head of the United National Movem
In tonight's edition: A tight race in Ghana. Voters wait to hear if their President has won a second term, or if a former president will return to the top job. Ethiopians living ab
Anti-establishment party #Vetevendosje is set to win #Kosovo's parliamentary #election with 46.8% of the votes, preliminary results based on a partial count on Sunday showed.
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Today we look at the dramatic events since last Tuesday when France's lower house of parliament gave initial approval to a controversial security bill which would make it illegal i
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared emergency martial law, accusing the opposition of being "anti-state forces intent on overthrowing the regime" amid parliam
This week, #FrenchConnections focuses on a controversial bill that's soon to be debated in the French parliament. It's aimed at combating extremist ideology and reinforcing the fou
After months of controversy and 135 hours of parliamentary debate, MPs in #France are set to approve a draft law to crack down on what has been termed "Islamist #separatism" on Tue