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European farmers have been dealing with ruined crops, loss of earnings and rising costs for the past few years.

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday tried to soothe the anger of protesting farmers by calling on the European Union to regulate agricultural imports from Ukraine and loosen farming rules. Macron, speaking on a visit to Sweden as farmers parked tractors across highways in France and set ablaze bales of hay on the road to Toulouse airport, also rejected a draft trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries in its current form. The French protests follow si

France's highest administrative court ruled on Wednesday that police officers must clearly display their identification number badge, which advocates hope will improve investigations into police violence. The French government has come under increasing scrutiny for heavy-handed police tactics during protests, such as earlier this year after the police shooting of Nahel, a teenager of North African descent, and during the Yellow Vest movement. Police officers' number badge, known as ...

The French judiciary is working without pause to put hundreds of arrested protesters behind bars with quick-fire trials of teens, some, as young as 12 years of age.

Rioters in the country have looted items worth millions from designer stores

A young man died Friday after falling from a roof during an apparent burglary attempt while police in the town in northwestern France were busy dealing with protests, authorities said.

40,000 police have been mobilised to try to keep the peace, as the country braces for a third night of violent demonstrations over the death of 17-year-old Nahel.

More than 600 people were arrested and at least 200 police officers injured as the government struggled to restore order on a third night of unrest.

The French cabinet ordered the deployment of armored vehicles of the gendarmerie due to the ongoing mass riots in the country, a local broadcaster reported on Friday, citing a law enforcement source.

A French police officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old driver will be investigated for voluntary homicide, prosecutors said Thursday.