The first time in France’s modern history that unhappy farmers forced the rest of the country to take notice was in 1907. That spring, winegrowers in the southern provinces of Languedoc and Roussillon ...

On August 25th, 1944—the day Paris was liberated—General de Gaulle delivered one of the most important speeches in the history of modern France. Its conclusion: “We, who have lived the greatest hours ...

It's been almost 30 years since a French president dissolved parliament and called snap elections, as Emmanuel Macron did on Sunday. When France votes for a new legislature at the end of the month, it ...