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Students have shut down their colleges and universities, joining mass protests of up to 150,000

Parisian student Gael Braibant reports from huge protests against the centre-left government’s vicious new employment law

 New laws designed to reduce workplace rights have sparked a revolt against the Labour-style government of President Hollande

Far right gains in the Slovak election and resistance in France over new employment law

At Britain’s border in Calais and Greece’s border with Macedonia, Europe’s police are using pepper spray, tear gas, batons and riot shields to terrorise desperate refugees.

The police are currently evicting people from the “Jungle” in Calais. They are going round telling people they have one hour to leave. So far this morning, Friday, they have destroyed five or six shelters.

Refugees in a large section of the “jungle” camp of Calais have been given a week to leave—or be forced off when it is bulldozed.

The First World War’s longest battle began 100 years ago this month in Verdun, northern France. By the time it ended in December more than 300,000 had died and many more were missing or wounded.

French prime minister Manuel Valls claimed last week that refugees coming into Europe were threatening “the very idea of Europe”.

Less than 100 miles from London, the French authorities are using threats of violence to corral refugees into a new prison camp.

A French court jailed eight trade unionists for taking action to stop bosses closing their factory, yesterday, Tuesday. 

French police shot a man dead in Paris on Thursday of last week. Their version of events rapidly went around the world’s media.