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Events in the year2024 inFrance.

• President:Emmanuel Macron (REM)
• Prime Minister:
  • Élisabeth Borne (REM) (until 9 January)
  • Gabriel Attal (until 5 September)
  • Michel Barnier (until 13 December)
  • François Bayrou onwards
• President of the French Senate:Gérard Larcher

• 2024 France floods
• 9 January –Gabriel Attal becomes the youngest and first openly gayPrime Minister of France.^[1]
• 18 January –2024 French farmers' protests are held against French and EU agricultural policy.^[2][3]
• 23 January – A woman is killed while her husband and their daughter, allFNSEA members, are injured after a car crashes into a roadblock inPamiers at the2024 French farmers' protests.^[4]
• 26 January –Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi andFrench PresidentEmmanuel Macron celebrateIndia's Republic Day together, with Macron being theChief Guest at theRepublic Day parade inNew Delhi.^[5]
• 28 January – Protesters advocating for sustainable food throw soup at theMona Lisa in theLouvre. The painting is protected by bulletproof glass and is undamaged.^[6]

• 10 February –Électricité de France shuts down twonuclear reactors due to a fire at theChinon Nuclear Power Plant.^[7]
• 21 February – Entry ofMissak Manouchian andMélinée Manouchian into thePanthéon.^[8]

• April–ongoing – Two people die in acholera epidemic inMayotte.^[9]
• 19 April – A man is arrested after threatening to blow himself up near theIranian Embassy inParis.^[10]
• 22 April –Kendji Girac, the winner of the2014 series ofThe Voice: la plus belle voix, is shot inBiscarrosse.^[11]
• 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.^[12]

• Backlash France takes place inLyon
• May 5 – Chinese PresidentXi Jinping begins hisEuropean tour, starting inFrance,Serbia and ending inHungary.^[13][14]
• May 13–28 –2024 New Caledonia unrest – A state of emergency is declared inNew Caledonia after riots break out amid debate over a proposed electoral reform in the territory. Six people, including a police officer are killed, and at least 60 others are injured.^[15][16][17]
• May 14 –
  • Two prison officers are killed in an attack on a van carrying inmateMohamed Amra nearRouen that results in his escape.^[18]
  • The77th annual Cannes Film Festival opens inCannes, with an honoraryPalme d'Or award forMeryl Streep.^[19]
• May 17 – An armed man is shot dead by police in Rouen after he threatens to attack asynagogue.^[20]
• May 18 – The exclusiveHarry Winston boutique in Paris is targeted in an armed robbery that results in the loss of “several million euros’” worth of items.^[21]
• May 22 – An 18-year old man fromChechnya is arrested on suspicion of plotting an attack on a football match at theStade Geoffroy-Guichard inSaint-Etienne during the2024 Paris Olympics.^[22]
• May 23 – Staff atFrance Médias Monde,France Télévisions andRadio France go on strike in protest against plans for a merger of the public broadcasting sector proposed by Culture MinisterRachida Dati.^[23]
• May 31 – France bansIsraeli defense firms from exhibiting atEurosatory.^[24]

• 3 June – A Russian-Ukrainian national is arrested north of Paris and subsequently charged with plotting a bomb attack and other terrorism offences.^[25]
• 4 June –Russian Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrov warns thatFrench military instructors will be "legitimate targets" if they are deployed to Ukraine.^[26]
• 6 June –
  • Commemoration of the 80th anniversary of theD-Day landings.^[27]
  • TheInvestigative Committee of Russia announces the arrest of a French national inMoscow on suspicion of failing to register with authorities as a foreign agent and collecting information on the Russian military.^[28]
  • President Macron announces that the country will sendDassault Mirage 2000-5fighter aircraft to Ukraine and train its pilots by the end of 2024.^[29]
• 9 June –
  • After theNational Rally emerges as the largest party in the French contingent during the2024 European Parliament election, President Macron dissolves theNational Assembly and announcessnap parliamentary elections on 30 June and 7 July.^[30][31]
  • 2024 French Open: Intennis,Carlos Alcaraz wins theMen's singles title at theFrench Open after defeatingAlexander Zverev in the final, earning his thirdGrand Slam title.^[32]
• 10 June – TheChanel branch in Paris'Avenue Montaigne is targeted by a car-ramming attack as part of a robbery.^[33]
• 11 June –
  • The president ofThe Republicans,Éric Ciotti, speaks in favor of an alliance with the National Rally during an interview withTF1.Olivier Marleix, the head of the party in theNational Assembly, calls for Ciotti's resignation in response.^[34][35]
  • France's left wing political parties form aNew Popular Front ahead of the parliamentary elections.^[36]
• 12 June –2024 The Republicans crisis –The Republicans votes unanimously to remove its leaderÉric Ciotti for attempting to form anelectoral alliance withMarine Le Pen's far-rightNational Rally.^[37][38] On 14 June, a Paris court reviews the decision and rules in Ciotti's favor.^[39][40]
• 15 June – Over 600,000 people march inParis and other cities nationwide to protest against thefar-rightNational Rally.^[41]
• 16 June –2024 24 Hours of Le Mans: Inendurance racing, theAF CorseFerrari team wins the24 Hours of Le Mans for the second consecutive year, with driversAntonio Fuoco,Miguel Molina, andNicklas Nielsen.^[42]
• 19 June:
  • TheEuropean Commission reprimandsBelgium, France,Hungary,Italy,Malta,Poland, andSlovakia for breaking budget rules.^[43]
  • Two teenagers are charged with the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl inCourbevoie, in an attack suspected to have been motivated by anti-Semitism.^[44]
  • One person is killed by police after stabbing two people with a screwdriver inAubervilliers.^[45]
• 21 June – France reports nearly 200 cases ofcholera inMayotte.^[46]
• 23 June –2024 New Caledonia unrest: Independence leader Christian Tein and seven other activists are flown to France forpre-trial detention after being arrested for inciting violence and riots in New Caledonia.^[47]
• 26 June – The French government orders the dissolution of the far-rightGroupe Union Défense and several other far-right and Islamic extremist groups, citing risks of violence.^[48]
• 29 June – One person is killed and five others are injured following a shooting at a wedding hall inThionville.^[49]
• 30 June –
  • 2024 French legislative election: Voters select candidates in the first round of legislative elections for the 17thNational Assembly.^[31]
  • Thousands of left-wing protesters gather in cities across France to protest theNational Rally's lead in election polls, while showing support for theNew Popular Front.^[50]

• 3 July –Prisca Thevenot,Spokesperson of the Government of France andRenaissance candidate forHauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency is attacked along with a supporter while putting up campaign posters inMeudon. Several suspects are arrested.^[51]
• 4 July – Film directorBenoît Jacquot is charged with therapes of actressesJulia Roy andIsild Le Besco between 1998 and 2000, and "rape,sexual assault and violence" committed between 2013 and 2018.^[52]
• 7 July:2024 French legislative election (second round):
  • No party wins a majority in the National Assembly, with the left-wingNew Popular Front gaining a plurality of seats and the far-rightNational Rally coming in third place.^[53]
  • Prime MinisterGabriel Attal announces that he will resign effective July 8.^[54] However, his resignation is rejected on that day by President Macron, who asks him to remain in office "for the time being".^[55]
• 11 July – A fire damages the spire of the 11th-centuryRouen Cathedral during restoration. No further damage or injuries are reported.^[56]
• 12 July – A new political partyL'Après is founded by dissidents fromLa France Insoumise.^[57]
• 13 July – Three people are killed and four injured after amass shooting at a birthday party inEspinasse-Vozelle. The perpetrator commits suicide.^[58]
• 15 July – A soldier is injured in a knife attack while on patrol at theGare de l'Est station in Paris. The perpetrator is arrested.^[59]
• 16 July – President Macron approves the resignation of Prime Minister Attal and his cabinet, but maintains Attal as head of a transitionalcaretaker government.^[60]
• 17 July – An 18-year old man is arrested inBas-Rhin on suspicion of plotting attacks inspired by far-right extremism during the Paris Olympics.^[61]
• 18 July:
  • Seven people are killed in a suspected arson attack on an apartment inNice.^[62]
  • A police officer is injured in a knife attack along theChamps-Elysees inParis. The assailant is shot dead.^[63]
• 22 July – President Macron opens the142nd IOC Session inParis.^[64]
• 23 July:
  • La France Insoumise introduces legislation to reverse pension changes and revert thelegal retirement age to 62 years, with the National Rally offering support for the advancement of the legislation.^[65]
  • A Russian national is arrested on suspicion of plotting acts of "destabilisation" during the Paris Olympics.^[66]
• 24 July – At theInternational Olympic Committee session before the start of the2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, it is announced that theFrench Alps region has been conditionally approved to host the2030 Winter Olympics.^[67]
• 26 July
  • 2024 France railway arson attack: A series of attacks are staged on the infrastructure of theTGV andEurostar rail networks, resulting in damage and cancellations.^[68][69]
  • Theopening ceremonies of the2024Summer Olympics take place on the bank of theRiver Seine and theJardins du Trocadéro inParis.^[70]
• 29 July –
  • French police arrest afar-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.^[71]
  • French police report multiple sabotage acts targeting telecommunications operators across six areas of the country, affecting 11,000 clients. The incidents are treated asvandalism. No one has been arrested and no group has claimed responsibility.^[72]
  • Olympic organisers cancel the second session of triathlon training due to water quality concerns in theSeine.^[73]
• 30 July –
  • Algeria withdraws its ambassador from France after the latter declares its support for theWestern Sahara Autonomy Proposal, which was proposed byMorocco in 2007.^[74]
  • Olympic officials postpone the men's individualtriathlon race due to poor water quality levels in the Seine river.^[75]
  • Several athletes test positive forCOVID-19, includingAustralian swimmerLani Pallister, forcing her to withdraw from the1500 metre freestyle swimming event.^[76]

• 7 August –French police detainAustralianfield hockey playerTom Craig for allegedly purchasing cocaine.^[77]
• 9 August – French police arrestEgyptian wrestlerMohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed in Paris for allegedsexual assault.^[78]
• 11 August – Theclosing ceremonies of the2024 Summer Olympics take place at theStade de France.^[79]
• 14 August – Two pilots are killed following a midair collision between twoDassault Rafale fighter jets of theFrench Air Force overColombey-les-Belles.^[80]
• 16 August – AFouga CM.170 Magister crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast ofLe Lavandou during an air show, killing its pilot.^[81]
• 21 August – A man is shot and injured by police after setting fire to the town hall ofAngoulême.^[82]
• 24 August –
  • Two cars explode in an arson attack on a synagogue inLa Grande-Motte, injuring a police officer. A 33-year old Algerian suspect who was seen wrapped in a Palestinian flag following the attack is injured after resisting arrest inNîmes.^[83][84]
  • Telegram CEOPavel Durov is arrested atParis–Le Bourget Airport.^[85] On 28 August 28, prosecutors formally indict him with complicity in distribution of child exploitation media and drug trafficking and ban him from leaving France.^[86]
• 27 August –
  • TheNew Popular Front shuts down future talks with President Macron to breakpolitical deadlock after Macron refuses to implement aleftist-ledcoalition government despite the NFP receiving the most votes and calls for nationwide protests against Macron's "parody of democracy".^[87]
• 28 August – 8 September:2024 Summer Paralympics.^[88][89]
• 29 August –Serbia and Frenchaerospace manufacturerDassault Aviation sign an agreement for the purchase of 12Dassault Rafale warplanes.^[90]

• 3 September – A boat carryingmigrants breaks apart in theEnglish Channel off the coast ofLe Portel, killing at least 12 passengers. Sixty-five others are rescued.^[91]
• 5 September –Michel Barnier is named thePrime Minister of France, two months afterlegislative elections in July.^[92]
• 7 September – Nationwide protests against President Macron's appointment ofMichel Barnier as the prime minister break out in 130 cities and towns nationwide, with theNew Popular Front claiming that Macron stole the June and July parliamentary election.^[93]
• 10 September – Four climbers from Italy and South Korea are found dead on the French side ofMont Blanc after being reported missing on 7 September.^[94]
• 15 September – A boat carrying migrants breaks apart in theEnglish Channel off the coast ofAmbleteuse, killing at least eight passengers. Fifty-one others are rescued.^[95]
• 16–17 September – At least seven people, including six police officers, are injured during protests against high living costs inMartinique.^[96]
• 18–19 September – Two people are killed in an operation by security forces against pro-independence activists inSaint-Louis, New Caledonia.^[97]
• 20 September –Murder of Philippine Le Noir de Carlan.^[98]
• 21 September – President Macron presents theBarnier government, mostly composed of centrist and right-wing figures.^[99]
• 23 September – TheGovernment sends theCompagnies Républicaines de Sécurité eliteriot police toMartinique for the first time since 1959, following resistance fromcost of living andsocial inequality protesters against bans on demonstrations issued by Paris.^[100]
• 25 September – TheBarnier government expresses willingness to work with theNational Rally's proposals to toughen immigration and crime laws following the murder of a 19-year-old woman inParis by a Moroccan national.^[101]

• 1 October –
  • Prime Minister Barnier announces a one-year postponement of provincial elections inNew Caledonia that were previously scheduled in December 2024.^[102]
  • ExiledAzerbaijani opposition activist Vidadi Isgandarli dies from wounds sustained in an attack inside his apartment inMulhouse on 29 September.^[103]
• 3 October – Peter Cherif, an associate of the perpetrators of theCharlie Hebdo shooting in 2015, is sentenced to life imprisonment on terrorism charges.^[104]
• 4 October – TheCourt 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.^[105]
• 7 October – Nearly a dozen police officers and several demonstrators are injured in renewed protests inFort-de-France, Martinique.^[106]
• 8 October –
  • Three people are arrested in theToulouse area on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks.^[107]
  • The Barnier government survives a no-confidence motion filed by theNew Popular Front.^[108]
• 9 October –
  • One person is killed inSète due to extreme weather caused byEx-Hurricane Kirk.^[109]
  • One person is killed during protests in Martinique.^[110]
• 10 October – Protesters occupy the tarmac ofMartinique Aimé Césaire International Airport overnight and try to enter the terminal, disrupting several flights and trapping hundreds of passengers.^[111] Authorities also declare a ban on protests in the territory.^[112]
• 12 October – ATesla car crashes into a road sign and catches fire nearNiort, killing all four people on board.^[113]
• 17 October – France becomes the firstEuropean 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 inUkraine.^[114]
• 21 October – A nationwide manhunt is launched for the parents of a 17-day-old premature infant boy abducted from a hospital inSeine-Saint-Denis.^[115] The infant is found inAmsterdam, where his parents are also arrested.^[116]
• 25 October – The entirety ofGuadeloupe loses electricity after striking workers shut down the mainÉlectricité de France station in the territory.^[117]

• 1 November – Five people are injured in a shooting at a restaurant inPoitiers, sparking a mass brawl involving up to 600 people.^[118]
• 4 November – TheFrench Boxing Federation announces its withdrawal from theInternational Boxing Association, citing a need to maintain its presence in theOlympics.^[119]
• 5 November – A court inLille convicts 18 people, mostly fromIraq, for their role in smuggling migrants across theEnglish Channel to the United Kingdom and sentences them to up to 15 years' imprisonment.^[120]
• 14 November – TheAcadémie Française releases the ninth edition of theDictionnaire de l'Académie française, replacing its previous edition published in 1935.^[121]
• 28 November – Authorities announce the arrest of 26 people and the seizure of 11 million euros in assets as part of an eight-month operation against a human trafficking network sending migrants from South Asia.^[122]
• 29 November – France officially recognises the killing of up to 400 members of theTirailleurs Sénégalais by theFrench Army inThiaroye, present-daySenegal in 1944 as amassacre.^[123]

• 1 December – A bus crashes into a cliff nearPorte-Puymorens, killing two people and injuring 33 others.^[124]
• 4 December –Michel Barnier becomes the first prime minister of France to beremoved in a no-confidence vote since 1962, following a motion filed by far-left MPs and supported by the National Rally.^[125]
• 7 December –Notre-Dame de Paris reopens to the public following renovations prompted by the2019 fire.^[126]
• 13 December – President Macron appointsMoDem leaderFrançois Bayrou as prime minister.^[127]
• 14 December –
  • Cyclone Chido makes landfall overMayotte, killing at least 39 people.^[128][129]
  • Five people are killed in separate shootings inLoon-Plage andWormhout. A suspect is arrested on suspicion of committing both incidents.^[130]
• 15 December –Pope Francis arrives inAjaccio to undertake the first papal visit toCorsica.^[131]
• 18 December – TheCourt of Cassation upholds the conviction of former presidentNicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling after attempting to bribe a magistrate during a separate legal case against him.^[132]
• 19 December –Mazan rapes: Dominique Pelicot and 50 others are convicted of raping Pelicot's then wife,Gisèle Pelicot. Dominique is sentenced to the maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment.^[133]
• 20 December – Eight people are convicted for themurder of Samuel Paty in 2020.^[134]
• 21 December – TheEuropean Pressurized Reactor, the largest nuclear reactor in France, begins commercial operations at theFlamanville Nuclear Power Plant inNormandy.^[135]
• 23 December – President Macron presents theBayrou government.^[136]
• 29 December – Three migrants die in a suspected maritime incident in theEnglish Channel off the coast ofSangatte.^[137]

Source:^[138]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 29 March –Good Friday†
• 31 March –Easter
• 1 April –Easter Monday
• 1 May –International Workers' Day
• 8 May –Victory Day
• 9 May –Ascension Day
• 19 May –Whit Sunday
• 20 May –Whit Monday
• 14 July –Bastille Day
• 15 August –Assumption Day
• 1 November –All Saints' Day
• 11 November –Armistice Day
• 25 December –Christmas Day
• 26 December –Saint Stephen's Day†

†Good Friday and St Stephen's Day are observed inAlsace andMoselle only

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• List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

• 2 January:Daniel Revenu, 81, fencer, Olympic champion (1968) and five-time bronze medalist.^[139]
• 3 January:
  • René Metge, 82, rally driver.^[140]
  • Bernard Ducuing, 73, footballer (Red Star,Reims,Montpellier).^[141]
  • Frédéric Bluche, 72, legal historian.^[142]
• 4 January:Raymond Elena, 92, racing cyclist.^[143]
• 5 January:
  • Jean-Marie Rausch, 94, politician,senator (1974–1988, 1992–2001) and mayor ofMetz (1971–2008).^[144]
  • Bernard Malgrange, 95, mathematician (Malgrange–Ehrenpreis theorem,Malgrange preparation theorem), member of theFrench Academy of Sciences.^[145]
• 8 January:Guy Bonnet, 78, author, composer and singer.^[146]
• 9 January:
  • Thierry Desmarest, 78, businessman (TotalEnergies).^[147]
  • Jean Céa, 91, mathematician.^[148]
• 10 January:Louis Le Pensec, 87, politician,minister of agriculture (1997–1998) andsenator (1998–2008).^[149]
• 11 January:
  • Laurence Badie, 95, actress (The Virtuous Scoundrel,Woman Times Seven,Bankers Also Have Souls) and comedian.^[150]
  • Guy Janvier, 75, politician, member of thegeneral council of Hauts-de-Seine (2004–2015).^[151]
  • Jean-Luc Laurent, 66, politician,MP (2012–2017) and mayor ofLe Kremlin-Bicêtre (1995–2016, since 2020).^[152]
• 13 January:
  • Jean-Jacques Bénètière, 84, politician,member of parliament (1981–1986).^[153]
  • Bruno Ducol, 74, pianist and composer.^[154]
• 14 January:Christophe Boesch, 72, French-Swiss primatologist.^[155]
• 18 January:Slim Pezin, 78, guitarist, arranger and conductor.^[156]
• 22 January:Pierre Chassigneux, 82, businessman and government official, president ofSANEF (2003–2011).^[157]
• 23 January:Jean Petit, 74, football player (Monaco,national team) and manager.^[158]
• 26 January:
  • Michel Hausser, 96, jazz vibraphonist.^[159]
  • Jean Vaillant, 91, Olympic long-distance runner (1964).^[160]
• 27 January:Pierre Montlaur, 60, rugby union player (SU Agen,national team).^[161]
• 29 January:
  • Louis Colombani, 92, politician,deputy (1988–1997).^[162]
  • Séverine Foulon, 50, athlete.^[163]
  • Iskandar Safa, 68, Lebanese-born French shipbuilding industry executive.^[164]
• 30 January:Jean-François Cordet, 73, government official, director ofOFPRA (2007–2012).^[165]

• 1 February:
  • Michel Jazy, 87, middle-distance runner, Olympic silver medallist (1960).^[166]
  • Gilbert Millet, 93, doctor and politician, three-timedeputy, mayor ofAlès (1985–1989).^[167]
• 2 February:Pierre Raffin, 85, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop ofMetz (1987–2013).^[168]
• 5 February:
  • Brigitte Bout, 83, senator
  • Jean Malaurie, 101, anthropologist and explorer.^[169]
• 9 February:Marie-Cécile Morice, 75, mayor
• 13 February :Alain Dorval, 77, French voice actor, he dubbedSylvester Stallone, from 1976 to 2024

• 22 March:Anne-Marie Trégouët, 99, French veteran.^[170]
• 23 March:Daniel Beretta, 77, French voice actor and singer, he dubbedArnold Schwarzenegger from 1987 to 2021.

• 25 April:Laurent Cantet, 63, film director (Time Out,The Class).^[171]

• 5 June:Ben Vautier andAnnie Vautier.^[172]

• 5 July:Yvonne Furneaux, 98, French-British actress (La dolce vita,The Mummy,Replusion).^[173]
• 15 July:Jacques Boudet, 89, actor (La Femme Nikita,Those Happy Days).^[174]
• 27 July:Francis Chouat, 75, politician.^[175]

• 18 August:Alain Delon, 88, actor (Le Samouraï,Borsalino).^[176]
• 29 August:Jean-Charles Tacchella, 98, film director (Cousin Cousine,Seven Sundays).^[177]

• 5 September:Laurent Tirard, 57, film director and screenwriter (Little Nicholas,Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia).^[178]

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