Paris, Jan 29 (EFE). – The French National Assembly (lower house) will vote Tuesday on the government’s proposal to amend the 1958 Constitution to include “guaranteed freedom” for women to terminate their pregnancies, protecting the right to abortion regardless of changes in power. The text, presented by the government of President Emmanuel Macron in December, …
Leading MEPs have confirmed that the member states cannot agree on incluing rape in the directive to combat violence against women. About 15 countries are in favour, but with Germany and France against it, there is no qualified majority.
French MEP Valérie Hayer has won the group's backing to become the new president of Renew Europe, EUobserver has learned, replacing France's new foreign affairs minister, Stéphane Séjourné.
Journalist and minister Françoise Giroud, who died 21 years ago this week, was a forceful ambassador for women’s rights, intellect and ambition in post-war France. RFI looks back at her life and legacy.