The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is hearing climate cases against the governments of France and Switzerland over the alleged failings to protect the environment.

European human rights court hears climate cases against France, Switzerland

In today's episode of WION Climate Tracker, we bring you climate stories from around the world - During a protest against irrigation reservoirs in the rural community of Sainte-Soline, thousands of environmental activists in Western France got into a physical altercation with police.

France anti-reservoir protests turn violent | WION Climate Tracker

Protests in France don't seem to end while the country is witnessing weeks of demonstrations against a pension reform bill. In a first, protesters, including eco-activists have now started protesting in western france against the construction of a large water reservoir for agricultural irrigation.

French Pension Reforms: Violent protests break out at reservoir in Sainte-Soline

Protesters clashed with the French police on Saturday (March 25) as they opposed creation of a large water reservoir for farm irrigation resulting in several injuries.

France: Protesters opposed to a reservoir clash with police

China recently published a 12-point position paper that called for urgent peace talks and a political settlement to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In Moscow, Putin & the Chinese president pledged friendship, but the talks yielded no breakthrough on Ukraine. However, the Russian President said China's peace plan could be basis for peace in Ukraine. In the coming week, Spain's Prime Minister will meet with Xi Jinping in Beijing.

China on a diplomatic blitz as Ukraine war rages | Peace plan too vague to make a difference? | WION

Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, came under fire for taking off an expensive watch during a TV interview about pension reforms. He was shown briefly slipping his hands under the table and seemingly taking off his watch during a prime-time national television show in which he vowed to move forward with plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64, further infuriating his critics.

France: Macron takes off luxury watch on television while talking about pension reforms, irks protesters

A report by the news agency AFP citing a ministerial source said that France, as of Friday (March 24) has banned public sector employees from downloading “recreational applications” including the Chinese-owned TikTok on their work phones.

France bans ‘recreational’ apps like TikTok from public sector employees’ work phones

Britain's King Charles III's state visit to France has been postponed due to a sea of protests in the country against the massively unpopular pension reform legislation to increase the retirement age.

King Charles III’s state visit to France postponed as pension protests turn violent

King Charles III's state visit to France has been postponed, after a request by President Emmanuel Macron, Downing Street says. France's Elysée Palace said the decision was taken because of a 10th day of action planned on Tuesday.

King Charles's III postpones visit to France

Hundreds of thousands of people were set to strike and demonstrate in France on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron vowed to push on with a deeply unpopular pension reform despite escalating anger across the country.

Protests rock France over raising of retirement age

Russia has delivered a cargo of enriched Uranium to France. Reports say there have been at least seven such instances since the beginning of the war. What's more? French import has actually gone up since Feb 2022. What gives? Molly Gambhir tells you.

Gravitas: Russia delivers enriched Uranium to France | A classic case of European hypocrisy

French government used special constitutional powers to enact contentious legislation that would raise the retirement age for the majority of workers from 62 to 64. The no-confidence vote that were held on Monday were requested by lawmakers who were against the reforms.

Rubbish piles up in Paris, protests over pension reforms continue across France

The top administrative court of France on Monday asked the government to impose a ban on fishing in different parts of the Atlantic to save dolphins after hundreds of them recently washed up dead on the coast.

France: Court orders ban on fishing after numerous dolphins wash up on coast

Anti-nuclear NGO Greenpeace has slammed France for continuing its import of enriched uranium from Russia in spite of the Ukrainian war, calling the deal “scandalous”.

Russia delivers enriched uranium to France, Greenpeace calls it ‘scandalous’

On Monday, Russia delivered enriched uranium to France. A cargo ship unloaded cylinders of uranium from Russia at the French port of Dunkirk. Western allies are clashing over the inclusion of uranium and other nuclear tech in sanctions. However, nuclear fuel shipments continue to make their way to the EU. As per Greenpeace, shipments of nuclear fuel are bankrolling the war in Ukraine and prolonging Europe’s energy dependence. The NGO said the latest shipment marked the seventh delivery of uranium from Russia to France since the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. In a report earlier this month, Greenpeace criticised France's dependence on Russian nuclear power. It said France had received a third of the enriched uranium needed to operate nuclear power plants for one year from Russia. The French government denied the claims. The government said France does not depend in any way on Russia for the operation of its nuclear power plants.

French Govt: Don't depend on Russia for operation of nuclear plants

Cargo ship unloads cylinders of Uranium at the French port of Dunkirk

The drying up of a lake in France is ringing alarm bells all across Western Europe. Shivan Chanana tells how France's lake Montbel, famous for its turquoise waters, massive size and thriving aquatic life is drying up due to the winter drought.

Winter drought dries up France's lake Montbel | WION Climate Tracker

French President Emmanuel Macron's government faces several motions of no-confidence in the national assembly today after his government forced through a deeply unpopular pension reform bill. Scores of demonstrators have taken to the streets in various parts of the country with some union leaders even saying that they will continue to demonstrate even if the bill gets passed.

Has Macron gone too far pushing through pension reform?

Protests continue throughout France as thousands of people marched through the country amidst anger against the government for passing the pension reform bill without a Parliamentary vote. In capital, Paris, police clashed with the demonstrators for the third night in a row.

France: Protests continue over pension reforms, garbage collectors extend strike

Protest against the contentious pension reform bill in France are continuing. Several protesters held a demonstration in the capital city Paris for a second consecutive day. This demonstration escalated into clashes with the police.

France: Protesters take to the streets against pension reform bill's imposition

French president Macron has passed the new pension reforms and increased the retirement age from 62 to 64. Opposition leaders have urged for a no-confidence motion against Macron. Will the French government empathise with its citizens? Mohammed Saleh reports.

Gravitas: France passes new pension reforms

Fuel deliveries were blocked from all French refineries, according to union officials, as protesters again took to the streets over government plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64.

France: Protests against pension reform; chaos prevails in Paris for second day

The unrest over French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms turned violent as protesters and the police clashed with each other in central Paris.

French union members, police clash over Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms

Opposition lawmakers in France on Friday (March 17) filed a no-confidence motion against President Emmanuel Macron's government after it posted the contested pensions reform by decree.

France: Opposition lawmakers file no confidence motion over pension reforms

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