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2024 in France

Events in the year 2024 in France.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

April

  • April–ongoing – Two people die in a cholera epidemic in Mayotte.
  • 19 April – A man is arrested after threatening to blow himself up near the Iranian Embassy in Paris.
  • 22 April – Kendji Girac, the winner of the of , is shot in Biscarrosse.
  • 24 April – The union representing air traffic controllers in France cancels a planned 24-hour strike, although a majority of flights had already been cancelled.

May

June

July

  • 3 July – Prisca Thevenot, Spokesperson of the Government of France and Renaissance candidate for Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency is attacked along with a supporter while putting up campaign posters in Meudon. Several suspects are arrested.
  • 4 July – Film director Benoît Jacquot is charged with the rapes of actresses Julia Roy and Isild Le Besco between 1998 and 2000, and "rape, sexual assault and violence" committed between 2013 and 2018.
  • 7 July: 2024 French legislative election (second round):
  • No party wins a majority in the National Assembly, with the left-wing New Popular Front gaining a plurality of seats and the far-right National Rally coming in third place.
  • Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announces that he will resign effective July 8. However, his resignation is rejected on that day by President Macron, who asks him to remain in office "for the time being".
  • 11 July – A fire damages the spire of the 11th-century Rouen Cathedral during restoration. No further damage or injuries are reported.
  • 12 July – A new political party L'Après is founded by dissidents from La France Insoumise.
  • 13 July – Three people are killed and four injured after a mass shooting at a birthday party in Espinasse-Vozelle. The perpetrator commits suicide.
  • 15 July – A soldier is injured in a knife attack while on patrol at the Gare de l'Est station in Paris. The perpetrator is arrested.
  • 16 July – President Macron approves the resignation of Prime Minister Attal and his cabinet, but maintains Attal as head of a transitional caretaker government.
  • 17 July – An 18-year old man is arrested in Bas-Rhin on suspicion of plotting attacks inspired by far-right extremism during the Paris Olympics.
  • 18 July:
  • Seven people are killed in a suspected arson attack on an apartment in Nice.
  • A police officer is injured in a knife attack along the Champs-Elysees in Paris. The assailant is shot dead.
  • 22 July – President Macron opens the 142nd IOC Session in Paris.
  • 23 July:
  • La France Insoumise introduces legislation to reverse pension changes and revert the legal retirement age to 62 years, with the National Rally offering support for the advancement of the legislation.
  • A Russian national is arrested on suspicion of plotting acts of "destabilisation" during the Paris Olympics.
  • 24 July – At the International Olympic Committee session before the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, it is announced that the French Alps region has been conditionally approved to host the 2030 Winter Olympics.
  • 26 July
  • 2024 France railway arson attack: A series of attacks are staged on the infrastructure of the TGV and Eurostar rail networks, resulting in damage and cancellations.
  • The opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics take place on the bank of the River Seine and the Jardins du Trocadéro in Paris.
  • 29 July –
  • French police arrest a far-left extremist who may have been behind an attack on the long-distance train network ahead of the opening of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
  • French police report multiple sabotage acts targeting telecommunications operators across six areas of the country, affecting 11,000 clients. The incidents are treated as vandalism. No one has been arrested and no group has claimed responsibility.
  • Olympic organisers cancel the second session of triathlon training due to water quality concerns in the Seine.
  • 30 July –
  • Algeria withdraws its ambassador from France after the latter declares its support for the Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal, which was proposed by Morocco in 2007.
  • Olympic officials postpone the men's individual triathlon race due to poor water quality levels in the Seine river.
  • Several athletes test positive for COVID-19, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister, forcing her to withdraw from the 1500 metre freestyle swimming event.

August

September

October

  • 1 October –
  • Prime Minister Barnier announces a one-year postponement of provincial elections in New Caledonia that were previously scheduled in December 2024.
  • Exiled Azerbaijani opposition activist Vidadi Isgandarli dies from wounds sustained in an attack inside his apartment in Mulhouse on 29 September.
  • 3 October – Peter Cherif, an associate of the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in 2015, is sentenced to life imprisonment on terrorism charges.
  • 4 October – The Court of Justice of the European Union overturns decrees by the French government banning manufacturers of plant-based meats from labeling their products as meat products, citing the lack of legal definitions.
  • 7 October – Nearly a dozen police officers and several demonstrators are injured in renewed protests in Fort-de-France, Martinique.
  • 8 October –
  • Three people are arrested in the Toulouse area on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks.
  • The Barnier government survives a no-confidence motion filed by the New Popular Front.
  • 9 October –
  • One person is killed in Sète due to extreme weather caused by Ex-Hurricane Kirk.
  • One person is killed during protests in Martinique.
  • 10 October – Protesters occupy the tarmac of Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport overnight and try to enter the terminal, disrupting several flights and trapping hundreds of passengers. Authorities also declare a ban on protests in the territory.
  • 12 October – A Tesla car crashes into a road sign and catches fire near Niort, killing all four people on board.
  • 16 October – The body of missing teenager Lina Delsarte is found in Nièvre.
  • 17 October – France becomes the first European Union member state to grant asylum to military deserters without travel documents or foreign passports after it grants visas to six Russian soldiers seeking to avoid service in Ukraine.
  • 21 October – A nationwide manhunt is launched for the parents of a 17-day-old premature infant boy abducted from a hospital in Seine-Saint-Denis. The infant is found in Amsterdam, where his parents are also arrested.
  • 25 October – The entirety of Guadeloupe loses electricity after striking workers shut down the main Électricité de France station in the territory.

November

December

Holidays

Good Friday and St Stephen's Day are observed in Alsace and Moselle only

Art and entertainment

Deaths

January

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

See also

References

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