French Constitution

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah would constitute "a war crime".

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said France would not rest until the right to abortion, now protected by the French constitution in a world first, was guaranteed in the EU's rights charter and around the globe.

French lawmakers are expected Monday to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support.

France's Senate on Wednesday backed a government move to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the constitution which will now be voted on at a special congress.

French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the Constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis.

Parts of a contested new French immigration law go against the constitution and must be scrapped, France's Constitutional Council said on Thursday.

French lawmakers are pushing for an official correction to a decades-old grammatical error which slipped into the country's constitution 60 years ago.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal, had a 40-minute meeting in Delhi today, sources said. The two leaders discussed the political situation in the country and in Bihar, the sources said.

Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy today said he would change the country's constitution to ban full-body burkini swimsuits if he is re-elected to his former role in a vote next April.

Hailing India's tax reforms and inflation-targeting, eminent French economist Guy Sorman on Sunday said India will enter a "revolutionary stage" of development with execution of such measures.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday invoked a constitutional measure to force through contested labour laws, bypassing parliament.

Clashes broke out on the streets of France today during fresh protests over labour reforms, just a day after beleaguered President Francois Hollande was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over constitutional changes.

French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday scrapped contested constitutional reforms he proposed after the Paris attacks, in an embarrassing U-turn for his already beleaguered government.

French lawmakers will today begin debating proposals to change the constitution to strip dual nationals of their French citizenship in terrorism cases and enshrine in the text controversial measures put in place after the November 13 attacks on Paris.

In theory, one of the main achievements of French republicanism is equality.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah would constitute "a war crime".

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said France would not rest until the right to abortion, now protected by the French constitution in a world first, was guaranteed in the EU's rights charter and around the globe.

French lawmakers are expected Monday to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support.

France's Senate on Wednesday backed a government move to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the constitution which will now be voted on at a special congress.

French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the Constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis.

Parts of a contested new French immigration law go against the constitution and must be scrapped, France's Constitutional Council said on Thursday.

French lawmakers are pushing for an official correction to a decades-old grammatical error which slipped into the country's constitution 60 years ago.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal, had a 40-minute meeting in Delhi today, sources said. The two leaders discussed the political situation in the country and in Bihar, the sources said.

Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy today said he would change the country's constitution to ban full-body burkini swimsuits if he is re-elected to his former role in a vote next April.

Hailing India's tax reforms and inflation-targeting, eminent French economist Guy Sorman on Sunday said India will enter a "revolutionary stage" of development with execution of such measures.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday invoked a constitutional measure to force through contested labour laws, bypassing parliament.

Clashes broke out on the streets of France today during fresh protests over labour reforms, just a day after beleaguered President Francois Hollande was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over constitutional changes.

French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday scrapped contested constitutional reforms he proposed after the Paris attacks, in an embarrassing U-turn for his already beleaguered government.

French lawmakers will today begin debating proposals to change the constitution to strip dual nationals of their French citizenship in terrorism cases and enshrine in the text controversial measures put in place after the November 13 attacks on Paris.

In theory, one of the main achievements of French republicanism is equality.