France on Friday asked the European Union to suspend "indefinitely" landmark new rules on environmental and human rights ...

As France commemorates 50 years since the law decriminalising abortion came into effect, prominent figures in politics and ...

However, while France declared its legal ban a world first—for environmentalists, the law has been watered down far too much. The ban was part of a 2020 agreement, mid-pandemic, to bail out the ...

France’s laws on rape should be updated to include specific references to consent, according to a parliamentary report that will be submitted to MPs in the aftermath of the trial of 51 men for ...

Some view the reform as a crucial step toward implementing the Istanbul Convention, which France ratified in 2014. Others express concern that the law may still fail to address situations where ...

Unusual cross-party support is swelling in France behind a draft law meant to halt a looming "mexicanisation" of the country ...

On 17 January 1975, the Veil law was promulgated in France: voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) could now be carried out legally and in a safe environment. The right to contraception and ...