From #JeSuisCharlie to #JeSuisParis – France’s bloody year
2015 is turning out to be a grim and possibly defining year for France, and for Europe.
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Did the apparent political unity that ensued after the terror attacks represent only affluent Paris rather than the concerns and fears of France as a whole?
The suspected mastermind of the Paris terror attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, has been killed in a police raid.
French police are holding two relatives of one of the men behind the Paris attacks which killed 129 people. Belgian police have also arrested seven people in connection with the attack.
2015 is turning out to be a grim and possibly defining year for France, and for Europe.
French President Francois Hollande calls the Paris attacks “an act of war” organised from abroad by the so-called Islamic State – with help from inside France.
Around 100 people were killed during the attack on the Bataclan concert venue in Paris, French media reported
A collision between a bus and car has left at least 42 people dead in south-west France, officials said.
EU leaders are expected to approve a plan to distribute 120,000 migrants and refugees across Europe.
David Cameron pledges to offer refuge in Britain to up to 20,000 Syrians living in camps in the Middle East.
British Home Secretary Theresa May signs a deal with her French counterpart in Calais and announces enhanced security measures to counter attempts by migrants to enter the UK illegally.
Downing Street insists the government vows to continue working closely with the French authorities after Labour demand compensation from France over the chaos at Calais.
Juncker and Merkel saying early today they are confident Athens will do as it is told and as its own leader has negotiated, but the scale of the Greek PM’s U-turn remains breath-taking.
Eurozone leaders have reached an agreement to provide an 86bn euro bailout to keep the near-bankrupt Greece in the single currency.
Parliament votes in favour of painful reforms put forward by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, but will it be enough to secure a bailout from European powers?
Zoe Konstantopoulou, senior Syriza politician and speaker of the Greek parliament, tells Channel 4 News that a no vote in the country’s referendum is the beginning of a new era for Europe.