As the nation awaits this afternoon’s announcement on the end of lockdown, the main news stories are back to the old abnormal – police brutality and a possible terror attack.

Deux motards de la #police dan […]

The French parliament is to vote on the government’s post-lockdown plan as a single package. That means there will be no separate vote on the controversial tracking app that critics say will mean more digital s […]

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will tell us on Tuesday how we are to be deconfined. We already have a fair idea, since the proposals of the government’s scientific advisers have been made public and, of c […]

The bleach-based “miracle cure” mentioned by Donald “Sarcastic” Trump during a Coronavirus briefing on Thursday has been knocking about since 2006, despite numerous warnings about its potentially harmful effects […]

If the Covid-19 epidemic has proved one thing, it’s that there is such a thing as society. A French opinion poll shows people valuing health and the environment far more than individualistic concerns such as s […]

How do we get out of lockdown? The president has set a date, 11 May, but the plan is a bit short on details at the moment.

There are signs of tension, reports of vandalism and some clashes with police in parts […]

Lockdown has slashed the rate of Covid-19 infection in France. That’s the good news. The bad news is that herd immunity is therefore a distant dream and a second wave of infections is pretty likely.

The n […]

An opinion poll shows growing dissatisfaction with the French government’s handling of the Coronavirus epidemic and divisions have opened up in Macron’s party. Will the crisis shatter preconceived ideas or rei […]

We’re swimming in milk. It’s spring, the cows are calving, making them superproductive milk-wise. But no markets, no restaurants and exports are down.

So – shock! horror! – the rules for some appellation contr […]

The chestnuts are in blossom along the banks of the Marne. But a poster tells us we can’t get to close. We aren’t allowed to walk along the riverbank, thanks to a decree by the local préfet that has also clos […]

Lockdown has dealt a serious blow to the epidemic, French health boss Jérôme Salomon said yesterday, as he announced three successive days of decline in the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 and the n […]

Lockdown in France enters its second month today. It seems to be bearing modest fruits, with admissions to hospital falling for the second day running and the number of people in intensive care falling for the […]

Amazon has closed its warehouses in France for at least five days after a court ordered it to limit its trade to strict essentials because of Coronavirus safety fears. The case was brought by a militant union […]

I’m honour-bound to mention the French president’s interview with my former employer, RFI. Africa being RFI’s beat, Emmanuel Macron told Christophe Boisbouvier that a moratorium should be declared on Afric […]

Emmanuel Macron put on his humble hat in his third television address to the nation last night. For a man whose default mode is technocratic arrogance that must have been difficult.

In a sober speech described […]

Fundamentalist Catholics dodged France’s Coronavirus lockdown to hold a secret mass over Easter. The clandestine service took place at Paris’s Saint Nicolas du Chardonnet church, which has been occupied since 197 […]

In surrealist Coronavirus news, a zebra was spotted cantering along a road in Champigny last night. It was accompanied by two horses.

They had escaped from a circus that has pitched its tents by a huge […]