Head-to-toe robes worn by Muslims, known as abayas for girls and women and khamis for boys and men, have been banned from France’s public school classrooms beginning Monday. As Breitbart News reported, the move was flagged last week when Education Minister Gabriel Attal told France’s TF1 TV that religious garb has no place in the classroom, declaring
France’s Emmanuel Macron excoriated after removing luxury watch during TV interview
April 14, 2023 by
Social media users were outraged by a recent clip of French President Emmanuel Macron appearing to hide a luxury wristwatch during an interview, as pension-related protests in France intensify. Macron appeared to take off his watch under a table during a TF1/France 2 interview. Twitter users speculated that the president removed his watch to appear […]
Le Pen: Far-right heir hopes to become France’s first female president.
April 23, 2017 by
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen at a press conference at her campaign headquarters in Paris, April 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure) PARIS (AFP) — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen wept for joy when her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, the bogeyman of French politics, made it to […]
After Trump Win, Parallel Path Is Seen for Marine Le Pen of France’s Far Right
November 12, 2016 by
HÉNIN-BEAUMONT, France — It was a moment of intense French patriotism on a sunny Friday, Armistice Day. A band blared “La Marseillaise,” the national anthem. Shouts of “Vive la France!” filled the chilly November air. And there, too, was Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front party, beaming. Before Donald J. Trump’s presidential […]