France should acknowledge colonial 'crimes': Algerian president
France should acknowledge crimes it committed as the ruler of Algeria in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika reiterated Saturday. France ruled the North African country for more...
French President Jacques Chirac on Friday reaffirmed his confidence in the judiciary after meeting with top members of the French judiciary who have asked Chirac to rein in French Interior Minister...
France grants amnesty to 7,000 immigrants; advocacy groups disappointed
France will grant amnesty to 6,924 illegal immigrants with school-age children, French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy announced Monday. Even though thousands more had applied for amnesty [JURIST...
French illegals with school-age children await possible deportation after deadline
Some 24,000 illegal immigrants with school-age children are waiting to learn whether they will be deported from France after the expiration of a Monday deadline set by French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy for...
The Future of the EU Constitution: Escaping the Ratification Maze
JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Laurent Pech, Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Union Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, says that while it's too early to abandon the troubled European constitution, significant strategic and political adjustments are required before...
France to grant 'amnesty' to thousands of immigrant families
France intends to grant residency papers to thousands of immigrant families with children in French schools, government officials said Thursday. Many children and their parents faced deportation at the end of the French school year after a deportation moratorium...
Paris marchers protest stricter immigration law after parliament passage
Thousands of Parisians marched through the city Saturday in a protest against a contentious new immigration law passed by the French Parliament Friday. The new law...
The upper chamber of the French parliament adopted a controversial immigration bill Friday after the French National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to approve the measure ...
France minister supports saving some school children of illegals from deportation
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday that he supports changing a proposed immigration bill now under debate in the French Senate to allow some children of illegal immigrants currently attending French...
French Assembly passes bill restricting immigration by unskilled workers
The French National Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to tighten immigration requirements for unskilled workers. The Senate is expected to consider the bill next month. If adopted, the measure would allow only...
