French foreign minister, Stephane Sejourne, was showered with praise for saying that sanctions on Israel could be coming over their refusal to allow humanitarian aid to Gaza. However, he quickly backtracked in a session before Parliament the very next day.

Moscow has rejected claims by French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia would target the Paris Olympics this summer.

France was responsible for 11% of the transatlantic slave trade.

The genocide resulted in the death of more than 800,000 people.

The Kremlin spokesman told reporters NATO was already involved in the conflict surrounding Ukraine.

Pensioners rallied in hundreds of towns and cities in France against President Emmanuel Macron's determination for even more austerity cuts amid the inflation crisis.

In 2021, President Macron admitted that several dozen protesters had been killed during the bloody crackdown by police.