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14 hours ago

French director of Nazi collaborator film rejects historical gaslighting' claims

Xavier Giannoli stated, 'My point of view is to tell the story of a collaborator in his world. The disgusting obscenity of people who were [partying] under the chandeliers eating caviar and petit fours during the Occupation.'
Independent films
France news
fromThe Local France
2 days ago

The butler did it: Elysee worker sentenced for stealing presidential porcelain

A former silverware keeper at France's presidential palace was sentenced for stealing luxury items worth nearly €400,000.
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

The First Fascist': A biography of the French aristocrat who pioneered antisemitic populism

Sergio Luzzatto identifies the Marquis de Mores as a precursor to fascist ideology and aesthetics, challenging national narratives of immunity from authoritarianism.
Independent films
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Nobody would forgive me if I told the truth': new film about pacifist turned Nazi collaborator divides France

Les Rayons et les Ombres explores the complexities of postwar guilt and historical accountability through the story of Corinne Luchaire and her father's treason.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Murder trial opens over alleged masonic lodge crime network in Paris

The alleged ringleaders are Jean-Luc Bagur, Frederic Vaglio and Daniel Beaulieu, all members of the lodge, alongside Beaulieu's right-hand man Sebastien Leroy, accused of carrying out or organising the violence through a network of hired attackers.
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fromThe Local France
4 weeks ago

French author cleared of libel over Nazi 'collaborator' family novel

A Paris court ruled a historian not guilty of libel for calling her family 'collaborationist' during WWII in her autobiographical novel.
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fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

The First Fascist Was French, Antisemitic, and ... Neighbors With Teddy Roosevelt?

The Marquis de Morès, a 19th-century French nobleman and antisemite, is identified as a precursor to 20th-century fascism through his organization of violent antisemitic groups and use of distinctive uniforms predating Nazi imagery.
France politics
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

French hard-left firebrand sparks row with 'antisemitic' Epstein jibe

Jean-Luc Melenchon faced antisemitism accusations after mocking the pronunciation of 'Epstein' at a Lyon rally, prompting widespread political condemnation and calls from left-wing politicians to distance themselves from the LFI leader.
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

France investigates two Franco-Israelis for 'complicity in genocide'

If peacefully demonstrating with an Israeli flag against a terrorist organisation seizing humanitarian aid, diverting it, and reselling it at exorbitant prices to Gazans is a crime -- then there is no need to look down on the mullahs, France is Iran!
France news
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

French magistrate reportedly summons two French-Israelis over complicity in genocide'

A French magistrate summoned two French-Israeli nationals for alleged complicity in genocide over attempts to block humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

French prosecutor seeks murder charges over killing of far-right activist

A French prosecutor is seeking murder charges against seven suspects in the fatal beating of a far-right activist that has fuelled political anger beyond France's borders, prompting Emmanuel Macron to tell Italy's far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, to keep out of French affairs. Quentin Deranque, 23, died from head injuries after being attacked by at least six people on the sidelines of a far-right protest in Lyon on 12 February.
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fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French justice authority finds failings in rapist Dominique Pelicot case

France's General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ) has exposed failings in an investigation into Dominique Pelicot, convicted in a high-profile rape case, for not acting on DNA evidence against him for a dozen years, in a report seen by AFP. Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison in December 2024 in a case that shocked the country, after admitting to repeatedly drugging his then-wife Gisele Pelicot and inviting dozens of men to rape her while she was unconscious between 2011 and 2020.
France news
fromwww.thelocal.fr
2 months ago

OPINION: TV anchor's child sex conviction reveals hypocrisy of French right-wingers

CNews is the country's most-watched 24-hours TV news station but it scarcely reports the news. It provides a running commentary of loud-mouthed opinion. Emmanuel Macron is a charlatan; the Left is wicked; immigrants are mostly violent criminals; Donald Trump is a breath of fresh air; Vladimir Putin has some faults but many qualities; France is swamped with crime because of the moral weakness of the ruling elite.
France news
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fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French ex-senator found guilty of drugging lawmaker

Former senator Joel Guerriau was convicted of drugging MP Sandrine Josso with ecstasy and sentenced to four years, with 18 months to be served in prison.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French minister backs reform after court ruling on 'cold case' murder

France's justice minister supports removing the statute of limitations for murder after the Court of Cassation blocked prosecution in a decades-old confessed homicide.
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