With its large French-origin population, the UK is a natural spot for Davezac, philanthropic largesse aside. Nearly 276,000 ...

Paris has everything — stunning architecture and arguably the best food and fashion in the world. But, the French capital ...

“In 2018, on the issue of the French banlieues [suburbs], the president didn’t even wait for the report that he himself had commissioned from former minister Jean-Louis Borloo before taking ...

"The law of the Taliban" now prevails in the French banlieues, is how right-wing extremist Éric Zemmour depicts it. And Macron and his ministers aren't far behind. They regularly lament what they ...

the Games will leave behind a lasting social impact on the run-down neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the French capital. These neighbourhoods, known as banlieues, are benefiting from a surge in ...

We'll also give you an introduction to one of France's favourite directors: Ladj Ly, whose films are celebrated for giving voice to the 'banlieues'. The Local's team discusses French suburbs and ...

Forty years later, in July 2023, the French banlieues – here referring to working-class suburbs with residents from immigrant background – were set ablaze by the death of Nahel M., a teenager ...

Drug-related crime in French banlieues is higher than the national average and has led to greater insecurity for everyone who lives there. Relations between residents and the police have become a ...

But what lies behind the anger felt by the French suburbs? In this latest episode of Euronews Witness, our reporter Monica Pinna went in search of answers in the suburbs, or so-called “banlieues”, ...

“The banlieues have not fulfilled the French promise of 'equality and fraternity',” it noted. Crime, often drug-related, is higher than average and yet a drop in community policing has led to ...

Organizations like Le Rocher hope to connect discouraged youth from the banlieues with broader French society, links that the bishop of Nanterre hopes to nurture. The Most Rev. Matthieu Rougé has ...