Britain, France and Germany, the three European signatories of the Iran nuclear deal, have activated the agreement’s dispute mechanism in an effort to force Tehran into compliance with its commitment to curb its nuclear program.
The Islamic State may have been “defeated” in the Middle East, it remains a potent danger to Europe.
French police recently cleared more than 2,000 migrants from two makeshift encampments in northern Paris. The crackdown came after the government announced a series of measures to curb illegal immigration.
The debate continues over Islamic dress codes in France and other secular European states.
A chronological review of some of the main stories about the rise of Islam in France during June 2017.
Voters in France will go to the polls on April 23 to choose the country’s next president in a two-step process. The top two winners in the first round will compete in a run-off on May 7.
Marine Le Pen, an anti-EU, anti-Islam French nationalist, and Emmanuel Macron, a pro-EU, pro-Islam globalist, are contending for the French presidency.
A chronological review of the main stories about the rise of Islam in France in 2016.
The French government has pledged to dismantle “The Jungle,” a squalid migrant camp in Calais, by the end of 2016.
Building work has begun on a wall in Calais, a major transport hub on the edge of the English Channel, to prevent migrants from stowing away on cars, trucks, ferries and trains bound for Britain.
A row over burkinis has reignited a long-running debate over Islamic dress codes in France and other secular European states.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has announced plans to build a “humanitarian camp” next to one of the busiest train stations in the city so that thousands of illegal migrants bound for Britain can “live with dignity.”
