Tag: Elisabeth Borne

• Wednesday, October 12th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  France with gasoline and diesel outages because of oil refineries strikes

  

  Industrial conflict in French oil refineries has left many gasoline stations without fuel forcing the government to requisition with a court order, essential workers to staff oil depots of companies in conflict.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Macron picks France's Prime Minister

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron Monday announced he had picked Elisabeth Borne as the country's new Prime Minister following Jean Castex's resignation.

• Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 08:10 UTC

  French mayors propose pesticide-free buffer zones around residential areas

  

  France is looking at introducing pesticide-free buffer zones around housing areas after several local mayors defied the government by banning weed killers such as glyphosate in their towns.