2024 in France

{{Further|French order of precedence}}

• 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 gay Prime Minister of France.{{Cite news |date=2024-01-09 |title=Gabriel Attal: Macron's pick for PM is France's youngest at 34 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67922062 |access-date=2024-01-09 |language=en-GB}}
• 18 January – 2024 French farmers' protests are held against French and EU agricultural policy.{{Cite web |language=fr |title="On va mener une action qui va marquer les esprits": les agriculteurs veulent bloquer les autoroutes ce jeudi |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2024/01/17/on-va-mener-une-action-qui-va-marquer-les-esprits-les-agriculteurs-veulent-bloquer-les-autoroutes-ce-jeudi-11701442.php |publisher=ladepeche.fr |accessdate=2024-01-24}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Colère des agriculteurs : les revendications de la profession |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/politique/colere-des-agriculteurs-les-revendications-de-la-profession-OVYBVLZNFNGK7IFWBQFD53B2AM/ |publisher=L'Express |date=2024-01-24 |accessdate=2024-01-24}}
• 23 January – A woman is killed while her husband and their daughter, all FNSEA members, are injured after a car crashes into a roadblock in Pamiers at the 2024 French farmers' protests.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-23 |title=A woman dies and 2 people are injured at a French farmers' protest barricade |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-farmers-protests-woman-killed-3a836c176d45b489f18a220e05ba953a |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 26 January – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron celebrate India's Republic Day together, with Macron being the Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi.{{Cite news|title=Republic Day 2024: Emmanuel Macron chief guest, parade time, other key details conviction|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/republic-day-2024-french-president-emmanuel-macron-chief-guest-parade-timings-schedule-top-points-101706226631400.html|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=26 January 2024}}
• 28 January – Protesters advocating for sustainable food throw soup at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre. The painting is protected by bulletproof glass and is undamaged.{{Cite news |date=2024-01-28 |title=Mona Lisa: Protesters throw soup at da Vinci painting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68121654 |access-date=2024-01-28 |language=en-GB}}

• 10 February – Électricité de France shuts down two nuclear reactors due to a fire at the Chinon Nuclear Power Plant.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-10 |title=France's EDF shuts down two nuclear reactors after fire at Chinon plant |url=https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/frances-edf-shuts-down-two-152540718.html |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-GB}}
• 21 February – Entry of Missak Manouchian and Mélinée Manouchian into the Panthéon.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2023/06/18/missak-manouchian-heros-de-la-resistance-d-origine-armenienne-va-faire-son-entree-au-pantheon_6178142_823448.html |date=28 June 2023 |title=Missak Manouchian, héros de la Résistance d'origine arménienne, va faire son entrée au Panthéon |trans-title=Missak Manouchian, hero of the Resistance of Armenian origin, will enter the Panthéon |language=fr |work=Le Monde |access-date=3 November 2023}}

• April–ongoing – Two people die in a cholera epidemic in Mayotte.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-26 |title=Mayotte: Second person dies of cholera on French island |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/05/26/mayotte-second-person-dies-of-cholera-on-french-island_6672717_7.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=euronews |language=en}}
• 19 April – A man is arrested after threatening to blow himself up near the Iranian Embassy in Paris.{{Cite web |last=Roeloffs |first=Mary Whitfill |title=Man Reportedly Threatened To Blow Himself Up Near Iranian Embassy In Paris |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/04/19/man-reportedly-threatened-to-blow-himself-up-near-iranian-embassy-in-paris/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
• 22 April – Kendji Girac, the winner of the 2014 series of The Voice: la plus belle voix, is shot in Biscarrosse.{{Cite news |date=2024-04-22 |title=Kendji Girac: The Voice France star seriously hurt after shooting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68873375 |access-date=2024-04-22 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
• 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.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=France airport strike called off but flights still cancelled |url=https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/04/23/70-of-flights-cancelled-french-airports-set-for-severe-travel-disruption-amid-workers-stri |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=euronews |language=en}}

• Backlash France takes place in Lyon
• May 5 – Chinese President Xi Jinping begins his European tour, starting in France, Serbia and ending in Hungary.{{cite news |title=Xi Jinping to Pay State Visits to France, Serbia and Hungary |url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjdt_665385/wsrc_665395/202404/t20240429_11290945.html |access-date=May 6, 2024 |work=www.fmprc.gov.cn |archive-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429081129/https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjdt_665385/wsrc_665395/202404/t20240429_11290945.html}}{{cite news |title=China's Xi to visit France, Serbia and Hungary May 5–10, foreign ministry says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-visit-france-serbia-hungary-may-5-10-foreign-ministry-says-2024-04-29/ |access-date=May 6, 2024 |work=Reuters}}
• May 13–28 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest – A state of emergency is declared in New 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.{{cite news |title=Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory |url=https://apnews.com/article/new-caledonia-france-pacific-unrest-8c05588d36cdafebaa7df9392c20f175 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |work=Associated Press}}{{cite news |title=French authorities report a sixth fatality in New Caledonia violence |url=https://apnews.com/article/riots-france-new-caledonia-0ac35cebd7f55ef87a828a368879e3cc |access-date=May 18, 2024 |work=Associated Press}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240527-state-of-emergency-to-be-lifted-in-riot-hit-new-caledonia |title=France to lift state of emergency in riot-hit New Caledonia |date=27 May 2024|publisher=France 24}}
• May 14 –
• Two prison officers are killed in an attack on a van carrying inmate Mohamed Amra near Rouen that results in his escape.{{cite news |title=France prison van attack: Two officers killed in ambush near Normandy |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69008577 |access-date=May 14, 2024 |work=BBC}}
• The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival opens in Cannes, with an honorary Palme d'Or award for Meryl Streep.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-14 |title=Cannes kicks off with Greta Gerwig's jury and a Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep |url=https://apnews.com/article/cannes-film-festival-greta-gerwig-meryl-streep-650243306d8e6fb23b76e55f8e452c6c |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• May 17 – An armed man is shot dead by police in Rouen after he threatens to attack a synagogue.{{cite news |title=French police fatally shoot a man suspected of planning to set fire to a synagogue |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-synagogue-attack-suspect-killed-08a1aaf0f60d5aa4bee9ef2c5e48e411 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• May 18 – The exclusive Harry Winston boutique in Paris is targeted in an armed robbery that results in the loss of “several million euros’” worth of items.{{cite news |title=Robbers made off with 'several million euros' of jewels in armed heist of 'Jeweler to the Stars' |url=https://apnews.com/article/paris-robbery-police-luxury-jewels-france-7ab9de15480c3cb2c69e946c9e952a12 |access-date=May 20, 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• May 22 – An 18-year old man from Chechnya is arrested on suspicion of plotting an attack on a football match at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne during the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite news |title=French security authorities foil a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics |url=https://apnews.com/article/paris-olympics-st-etienne-foiled-plot-b802119bfa66922c774573acdac37247 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• May 23 – Staff at France Médias Monde, France Télévisions and Radio France go on strike in protest against plans for a merger of the public broadcasting sector proposed by Culture Minister Rachida Dati.{{cite news |title=FRANCE 24 news coverage disrupted as staff strike against public media merger |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240523-france-24-broadcasts-disrupted-staff-strike-against-public-media-merger-rachida-dati-fusion |access-date=May 23, 2024 |work=France 24}}
• May 31 – France bans Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at Eurosatory.{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2024 |title=France bans Israeli defense firms from prestigious arms show amid Gaza ceasefire call |website=The Times of Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/france-bans-israeli-defense-firms-from-prestigious-arms-show-amid-gaza-ceasefire-call/ }}

• 3 June – A Russian-Ukrainian national is arrested north of Paris and subsequently charged with plotting a bomb attack and other terrorism offences.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-08 |title=A Russian-Ukrainian man is suspected of plotting a terrorist bombing in France |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-terrorism-russianukrainian-arrest-11fb948bb3944761d55917ce2b4c3460 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}
• 4 June – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns that French military instructors will be "legitimate targets" if they are deployed to Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=French military instructors in Ukraine would be 'legitimate target', Russia says |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240604-french-military-instructors-in-ukraine-would-be-legitimate-target-russia-says |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• 6 June –
• Commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.{{Cite web |date=25 October 2023 |title=1944 – 2024: 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY AND THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY |url=https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/highlight/80th-anniversary-of-d-day/ |access-date=3 November 2023 |website=Normandy Tourism |language=en}}
• The Investigative Committee of Russia announces the arrest of a French national in Moscow on suspicion of failing to register with authorities as a foreign agent and collecting information on the Russian military.{{Cite web |title=French citizen arrested in Moscow on charges of collecting military data |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-france-citizen-arrest-76da765f602ac5d75172d2f76c141ccf |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Associated Press |date=6 June 2024 |language=en}}
• President Macron announces that the country will send Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighter aircraft to Ukraine and train its pilots by the end of 2024.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Benedict |date=2024-06-06 |title=France will start selling Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine 'by end of year' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/06/france-will-sell-mirage-fighter-jets-to-ukraine-end-year/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
• 9 June –
• After the National Rally emerges as the largest party in the French contingent during the 2024 European Parliament election, President Macron dissolves the National Assembly and announces snap parliamentary elections on 30 June and 7 July.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-09 |title=Here's what happened in some key countries in the EU Parliament elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/european-election-key-countries-parliament-ee8e32f69bb8842ad365f54a2491e8a5 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-09 |title=Macron dissolves the French parliament and calls a snap election after defeat in EU vote |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-european-election-national-rally-marine-lepen-b132616d24de829660d8dbe0659e50fd |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}
• 2024 French Open: In tennis, Carlos Alcaraz wins the Men's singles title at the French Open after defeating Alexander Zverev in the final, earning his third Grand Slam title.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-09 |title=Carlos Alcaraz wins the French Open for a third Grand Slam title at 21 by beating Alexander Zverev |url=https://apnews.com/article/french-open-2024-men-final-alcaraz-zverev-84b987ef5a0bf17c2d188a5a9bbd2d28 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 10 June – The Chanel branch in Paris' Avenue Montaigne is targeted by a car-ramming attack as part of a robbery.{{cite web | access-date=2024-06-10 | url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240610-thieves-ram-raid-chanel-store-in-paris | title=Thieves ram-raid Chanel store in Paris | date=2024-06-10 | language=en | website=www.france24.com}}
• 11 June –
• The president of The Republicans, Éric Ciotti, speaks in favor of an alliance with the National Rally during an interview with TF1. Olivier Marleix, the head of the party in the National Assembly, calls for Ciotti's resignation in response.{{cite web|title=France's Republicans leader wants to form 'alliance' with Le Pen's NR|website=Al Jazeera|date=11 June 2024|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/11/frances-republicans-leader-wants-to-form-alliance-with-le-pens-nr|access-date=11 June 2024}}{{cite web|date=11 June 2024|title=French right uproar over call for far-right alliance|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cydd97g1g5po|author-last=Kirby|author-first=Paul|access-date=12 June 2024|work=BBC}}
• France's left wing political parties form a New Popular Front ahead of the parliamentary elections.{{Cite news |date=2024-06-11 |title=French left agrees to form new 'Popular Front' in parliamentary elections |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/06/11/french-left-agrees-to-form-new-popular-front-in-parliamentary-elections_6674465_5.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=en}}
• 12 June – 2024 The Republicans crisis – The Republicans votes unanimously to remove its leader Éric Ciotti for attempting to form an electoral alliance with Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally.{{cite web|title=France's rightwing Les Républicains vote out leader Éric Ciotti over election pact with far right |website=France 24 |date=12 June 2024|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240612-%F0%9F%94%B4-france-s-rightwing-les-r%C3%A9publicains-vote-out-leader-%C3%A9ric-ciotti-over-election-pact-with-far-right |access-date=12 June 2024}}{{cite web|title=France's conservative Republicans kick out party chief Ciotti|website=Reuters |date=12 June 2024|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-conservative-republicans-kick-out-party-chief-ciotti-2024-06-12/ |access-date=12 June 2024}} On 14 June, a Paris court reviews the decision and rules in Ciotti's favor.{{Cite web|date=14 June 2024 |title=Court suspends French right-wing leader Ciotti's expulsion from party |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/06/14/court-suspends-french-right-wing-leader-ciotti-s-expulsion-from-party_6674830_5.html |access-date=14 June 2024 |website=Le Monde}}{{Cite web|date=14 June 2024 |title=Paris court overturns decision to expel Ciotti as head of France's right-wing Les Républicains |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240614-paris-court-overturns-decision-to-expel-ciotti-as-head-of-france-s-right-wing-les-r%C3%A9publicains |access-date=14 June 2024 |website=France 24}}
• 15 June – Over 600,000 people march in Paris and other cities nationwide to protest against the far-right National Rally.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-15 |title=French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country's snap elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-protest-far-right-election-e064dc74857dc963b2a331f4cdf572d1 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 16 June – 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans: In endurance racing, the AF Corse Ferrari team wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second consecutive year, with drivers Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-16 |title=Ferrari defends crown at 24 Hours of Le Mans |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/40363612/ferrari-defends-title-499p-hypercar-wins-24-hours-le-mans |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
• 19 June:
• The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules.{{Cite news |date=2024-06-19 |title=European Commission reprimands France and six countries for breaking budget rules |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2024/06/19/european-commission-reprimands-france-and-six-countries-for-breaking-budget-rules_6675175_19.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=en}}
• Two teenagers are charged with the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in Courbevoie, in an attack suspected to have been motivated by anti-Semitism.{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2024 |title=Two French boys charged with antisemitic rape of 12-year-old girl |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/06/19/two-french-boys-charged-with-antisemitic-rape-of-12-year-old-girl- }}
• One person is killed by police after stabbing two people with a screwdriver in Aubervilliers.{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2024 |title=French police shoot dead an attacker with a screwdriver in Paris suburbs |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-police-shoot-attack-screwdriver-184db669796fcdc1be7ca64b1c8c96da |work=Associated Press}}
• 21 June – France reports nearly 200 cases of cholera in Mayotte.{{Cite web |last=Presse |first=AFP-Agence France |title=France Reports Nearly 200 Cholera Cases In Mayotte |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/france-reports-nearly-200-cholera-cases-in-mayotte-dd7d2061 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US}}
• 23 June – 2024 New Caledonia unrest: Independence leader Christian Tein and seven other activists are flown to France for pre-trial detention after being arrested for inciting violence and riots in New Caledonia.{{Cite web |title=New Caledonia independence activists sent to France for detention |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/23/new-caledonia-independence-activists-sent-to-france-for-detention |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
• 26 June – The French government orders the dissolution of the far-right Groupe Union Défense and several other far-right and Islamic extremist groups, citing risks of violence.{{Cite web |title=France bans extreme-right and radical Islamic groups ahead of polarizing elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-election-extremist-groups-banned-right-islamic-56eb2bffed27dc2a7c49beb40a70b553 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Associated Press |date=26 June 2024 |language=en}}
• 29 June – One person is killed and five others are injured following a shooting at a wedding hall in Thionville.{{Cite web |title=One dead, five injured in France wedding hall attack |url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2209628.html |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=RTL |language=en}}
• 30 June –
• 2024 French legislative election: Voters select candidates in the first round of legislative elections for the 17th National Assembly.
• Thousands of left-wing protesters gather in cities across France to protest the National Rally's lead in election polls, while showing support for the New Popular Front.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-30 |title=Thousands gather in Paris square to protest far-right National Rally party |url=https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240630-thousands-gather-in-paris-square-to-protest-far-right-national-rally-party |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=France 24 |language=en}}

• 3 July – Prisca Thevenot, Spokesperson of the Government of France and Renaissance candidate for Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency is attacked along with a supporter while putting up campaign posters in Meudon. Several suspects are arrested.{{Cite web |title=France's government spokesperson is attacked on the campaign trail, days before decisive election |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-election-violence-attack-campaign-ce0f6283fb648565d587c2f38f82ac45 |access-date=4 July 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=4 July 2024 |language=en}}
• 4 July – Film director Benoît Jacquot is charged with the rapes of actresses Julia Roy and Isild Le Besco between 1998 and 2000, and "rape, sexual assault and violence" committed between 2013 and 2018.{{Cite news |date=2024-07-03 |title=French film director Jacquot charged with rape |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/police-and-justice/article/2024/07/03/france-prosecutors-request-rape-charges-against-film-director_6676562_105.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=en}}
• 7 July: 2024 French legislative election (second round):
• No party wins a majority in the National Assembly, with the left-wing New Popular Front gaining a plurality of seats and the far-right National Rally coming in third place.{{Cite web |title=What just happened in France's shock election? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c724nnn29keo |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=BBC News |date=8 July 2024 |language=en-GB}}
• Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announces that he will resign effective July 8.{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2024 |title=French PM Attal: I will hand my resignation on Monday morning |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-pm-attal-i-will-hand-my-resignation-monday-morning-2024-07-07/ }} However, his resignation is rejected on that day by President Macron, who asks him to remain in office "for the time being".{{Cite web |date=July 8, 2024 |title=Macron asks French PM to stay on as political deadlock continues |website=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51ygevlylvo }}
• 11 July – A fire damages the spire of the 11th-century Rouen Cathedral during restoration. No further damage or injuries are reported.{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2024 |title=Relief in Rouen as cathedral fire extinguished |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rouen-cathedrals-spire-is-fire-2024-07-11/ }}
• 12 July – A new political party L'Après is founded by dissidents from La France Insoumise.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-13 |title=Launch of "L'après", the new movement of dissident rebels – Interview |url=https://www.entrevue.fr/en/lancement-de-lapres-le-nouveau-mouvement-des-insoumis-dissidents/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |language=en}}
• 13 July – Three people are killed and four injured after a mass shooting at a birthday party in Espinasse-Vozelle. The perpetrator commits suicide.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-14 |title=Une fusillade fait 4 morts dans l'Allier : "On est loin de penser qu'un jour on va vivre un tel événement" |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/allier/vichy/drame-dans-l-allier-4-morts-dans-une-fusillade-a-espinasse-vozelle-lors-de-la-soiree-du-13-juillet-3004397.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |language=fr-FR}}
• 15 July – A soldier is injured in a knife attack while on patrol at the Gare de l'Est station in Paris. The perpetrator is arrested.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Attacker stabs and wounds French soldier patrolling Paris ahead of the Olympics |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-soldier-stabbed-paris-olympics-1bf423fe5721231bc8f1e42aad5f76cc |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}
• 16 July – President Macron approves the resignation of Prime Minister Attal and his cabinet, but maintains Attal as head of a transitional caretaker government.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=French president accepts prime minister's resignation but keeps him as head of caretaker government |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-prime-minister-resign-government-macron-c3a908360a18641ff5879ced259f7726 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 17 July – An 18-year old man is arrested in Bas-Rhin on suspicion of plotting attacks inspired by far-right extremism during the Paris Olympics.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-17 |title=French security services arrest far-right extremist over suspected Paris Olympics plot |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240717-french-security-services-arrest-far-right-extremist-suspected-paris-olympics-plot-france |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• 18 July:
• Seven people are killed in a suspected arson attack on an apartment in Nice.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-18 |title=Suspected arson attack in Nice kills 7 including children |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51yjpmk70go |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=BBC |language=en}}
• A police officer is injured in a knife attack along the Champs-Elysees in Paris. The assailant is shot dead.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-19 |title=A police officer has been wounded in a knife attack in Paris. The attacker was killed by police |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-police-officer-wounded-champs-elysees-90b95f74553f86072c51055d7b3d367b |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}
• 22 July – President Macron opens the 142nd IOC Session in Paris.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-21 |title='We are ready', Macron says as France gears up for Paris Olympics amid tight security |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240721-we-re-ready-say-paris-olympics-organisers |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• 23 July:
• La France Insoumise introduces legislation to reverse pension changes and revert the legal retirement age to 62 years, with the National Rally offering support for the advancement of the legislation.{{Cite web |date=July 23, 2024 |title=French leftists announce legislative steps to scrap Macron's pension reform |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-leftist-party-planning-law-scrap-macrons-pension-reform-2024-07-23/ }}
• A Russian national is arrested on suspicion of plotting acts of "destabilisation" during the Paris Olympics.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=French police arrest Russian suspected of plotting Paris Olympics 'destabilisation' |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240723-french-police-arrest-russian-suspected-of-plotting-paris-olympics-destabilisation |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• 24 July – At the International Olympic Committee session before the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, it is announced that the French Alps region has been conditionally approved to host the 2030 Winter Olympics.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=Salt Lake City celebrates announcement that Winter Olympics will return in 2034 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/salt-lake-city-celebrates-announcement-winter-olympics-return-2034 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Associated Press |language=en-US}}
• 26 July
• 2024 France railway arson attack: A series of attacks are staged on the infrastructure of the TGV and Eurostar rail networks, resulting in damage and cancellations.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-26 |title=French rail network hit by 'malicious acts' ahead of Paris Olympics |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/26/french-rail-network-hit-by-malicious-acts-ahead-of-olympic-ceremony |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en-US}}{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/26/french-rail-network-hit-by-arson-canceling-trains-on-eve-of-olympics.html | title=Eurostar cancels quarter of train services ahead of Olympics after arson attacks on French railway | website=CNBC | date=26 July 2024 }}
• The opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics take place on the bank of the River Seine and the Jardins du Trocadéro in Paris.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-26 |title=Opening Ceremony: Olympic flame rises over Paris as Céline Dion sings Edith Piaf |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240726-%F0%9F%94%B4live-paris-holds-its-breath-for-spectacular-2024-olympics-opening-ceremony |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• 29 July –
• French police arrest a far-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.{{Cite web |title=French police arrest far-left suspect after rail sabotage – DW – 07/29/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/french-police-arrest-far-left-suspect-after-rail-sabotage/a-69794459 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• French police report multiple sabotage acts targeting telecommunications operators across six areas of the country, affecting 11,000 clients. The incidents are treated as vandalism. No one has been arrested and no group has claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=France: Telecom fiber optic networks sabotaged – DW – 07/29/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/france-telecom-fiber-optic-networks-sabotaged/a-69795351 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• Olympic organisers cancel the second session of triathlon training due to water quality concerns in the Seine.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=Olympics organisers cancel second triathlon training over Seine water quality |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240729-olympic-organisers-cancel-second-day-of-triathlon-training-in-seine-over-pollution |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• 30 July –
• Algeria withdraws its ambassador from France after the latter declares its support for the Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal, which was proposed by Morocco in 2007.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-30 |title=Algeria recalls ambassador after France backs Moroccan plan for Western Sahara |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20240730-algeria-recalls-ambassador-after-france-backs-moroccan-plan-for-western-sahara |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=RFI |language=en}}
• Olympic officials postpone the men's individual triathlon race due to poor water quality levels in the Seine river.{{Cite web |last=Liakos |first=Homero De la Fuente, Kyle Feldscher, Chris |date=2024-07-30 |title=Olympic officials postpone men's triathlon due to pollution in the Seine |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/sport/seine-pollution-olympics-triathlon-postponed-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=CNN |language=en}}
• Several athletes test positive for COVID-19, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister, forcing her to withdraw from the 1500 metre freestyle swimming event.{{Cite web |date=July 30, 2024 |title=COVID-19 looms over 2024 Paris Olympics with several athletes testing positive |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/sports/2024/07/30/covid-19-looms-over-2024-paris-olympics-with-several-athletes-testing-positive }}

• 7 August – French police detain Australian field hockey player Tom Craig for allegedly purchasing cocaine.{{Cite web |title=Olympics: Australian arrested for allegedly buying cocaine |url=https://www.dw.com/en/olympics-australian-arrested-for-allegedly-buying-cocaine/a-69879626 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 9 August – French police arrest Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed in Paris for alleged sexual assault.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-09 |title=Paris 2024 Olympics: Egypt wrestler Mohamed 'Kesho' Ibrahim arrested for alleged sexual assault |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c8dpmrrj6ggo |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}
• 11 August – The closing ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics take place at the Stade de France.{{Cite web |date=11 August 2024 |title='Sensational' Paris Olympics come to an end |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c74lx7kxpj4o |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=BBC News |language=en}}
• 14 August – Two pilots are killed following a midair collision between two Dassault Rafale fighter jets of the French Air Force over Colombey-les-Belles.{{Cite web |date=15 August 2024 |title=Two fighter jet pilots die in France after mid-air crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/15/rafale-fighter-jets-crash-franch-two-pilots-dead-mid-air-collision |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}
• 16 August – A Fouga CM.170 Magister crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Le Lavandou during an air show, killing its pilot.{{Cite web |date=17 August 2024 |title=Pilot dies when plane crashes during air show in France |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/1186030/pilot-dies-when-plane-crashes-during-air-show-in-france |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=The Brussels Times |language=en}}
• 21 August – A man is shot and injured by police after setting fire to the town hall of Angoulême.{{Cite web |date=22 August 2024 |title=French police shoot man who set fire to Angoulême town hall |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240821-french-police-shoot-man-fire-angoul%C3%AAme-town-hall-france |access-date=22 August 2024 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• 24 August –
• Two cars explode in an arson attack on a synagogue in La 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 in Nîmes.{{Cite web |date=25 August 2024 |title=French police arrest synagogue blast suspect |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3d4v43gjo |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=BBC |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Suspect arrested for terror attack outside French synagogue causing car explosion, one injured |last1=Greyman-Kennard |first1=Danielle |last2=Green |first2=Eyal |work=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=27 August 2024 |url= https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-816113}}
• Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is arrested at Paris–Le Bourget Airport.{{Cite web |date=25 August 2024 |title=Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240825-telegram-chief-pavel-durov-arrested-at-french-airport |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=France 24 |language=en}} 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.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-28 |title=Telegram CEO Charged for Alleged Criminal Use of App |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-28/telegram-ceo-charged-in-france-for-alleged-criminal-use-of-app?embedded-checkout=true |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=Bloomberg |language=en}}
• 27 August –
• The New Popular Front shuts down future talks with President Macron to break political deadlock after Macron refuses to implement a leftist-led coalition government despite the NFP receiving the most votes and calls for nationwide protests against Macron's "parody of democracy".{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2024 |title=France's Macron back to square one as left plans protests over political crisis |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-macron-back-square-one-talks-forming-government-drag-2024-08-27/ }}
• 28 August – 8 September: 2024 Summer Paralympics.{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/paralympics-2024-photos-paris-summer-301f298d0ed3b97d00af3b732c3a4509 |title=Highlights from the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Paris |date=29 August 2024 |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c74lp8d9yr0o |title=Paralympics closing ceremony has Paris partying |date=8 September 2024 |access-date=9 September 2024 |website=BBC |language=en}}
• 29 August – Serbia and French aerospace manufacturer Dassault Aviation sign an agreement for the purchase of 12 Dassault Rafale warplanes.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-29 |title=France, Serbia sign Rafale fighter jet deal during Macron visit |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/29/france-serbia-sign-rafale-fighter-jet-deal-during-macron-visit_6723515_4.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |language=en}}

• 3 September – A boat carrying migrants breaks apart in the English Channel off the coast of Le Portel, killing at least 12 passengers. Sixty-five others are rescued.{{Cite web |title=A boat with dozens of migrants rips apart in the English Channel off France, killing 12 |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-migrants-sea-rescue-1a08adf9475b48bd5f35baf47dc7ae35 |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Associated Press |date=3 September 2024 |language=en}}
• 5 September – Michel Barnier is named the Prime Minister of France, two months after legislative elections in July.{{Cite news |title=Michel Barnier appointed French prime minister |url=https://www.ft.com/content/65441c19-5143-4503-9919-b46cdd38b5ea |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=Financial Times|date=5 September 2024 |last1=White |first1=Sarah }}
• 7 September – Nationwide protests against President Macron's appointment of Michel Barnier as the prime minister break out in 130 cities and towns nationwide, with the New Popular Front claiming that Macron stole the June and July parliamentary election.{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2024 |title=Thousands protest in France against Macron's choice of prime minister |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-protest-france-after-macron-picks-barnier-prime-minister-2024-09-07/ }}
• 10 September – Four climbers from Italy and South Korea are found dead on the French side of Mont Blanc after being reported missing on 7 September.{{Cite web |title=2 Italian and 2 South Korean climbers are found dead close to Mont Blanc's summit |url=https://apnews.com/article/mont-blanc-missing-climbers-dead-france-italy-korea-b9136c030fec92c829420f6e073ceb12 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Associated Press |date=10 September 2024 |language=en}}
• 15 September – A boat carrying migrants breaks apart in the English Channel off the coast of Ambleteuse, killing at least eight passengers. Fifty-one others are rescued.{{Cite web |title=Eight migrants die in Channel crossing attempt |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240915-eight-migrants-die-in-channel-crossing-attempt |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=France 24 |date=15 September 2024 |language=en}}
• 16–17 September – At least seven people, including six police officers, are injured during protests against high living costs in Martinique.{{Cite web |title=Gunfire injures 6 police officers in Martinique during protests over living costs |url=https://apnews.com/article/martinique-police-injured-protests-c2ecb61fdb50ae1d845e35a175176a28 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Associated Press |date=17 September 2024 |language=en}}
• 18–19 September – Two people are killed in an operation by security forces against pro-independence activists in Saint-Louis, New Caledonia.{{Cite web |title=2 killed in restive New Caledonia during a French police operation |url=https://apnews.com/article/new-caledonia-france-unrest-indigenous-deaths-50c2911408e858e614376805c683aa63 |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Associated Press |date=19 September 2024 |language=en}}
• 20 September – Murder of Philippine Le Noir de Carlan.{{Cite web |last=Gunning |first=Fatima |date=2024-10-01 |title=Anger in France as murder suspect revealed to be convicted rapist under deportation order |url=https://gript.ie/anger-in-france-as-murder-suspect-revealed-to-be-convicted-rapist-under-deportation-order/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Gript |language=en-GB}}
• 21 September – President Macron presents the Barnier government, mostly composed of centrist and right-wing figures.{{Cite web |title=France gets a more right-wing government after weeks of uncertainty |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240921-france-s-macron-appoints-new-government-in-shift-to-right |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=France 24 |date=21 September 2024 }}
• 23 September – The Government sends the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité elite riot police to Martinique for the first time since 1959, following resistance from cost of living and social inequality protesters against bans on demonstrations issued by Paris.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-22 |title=Long-forbidden French anti-riot force sent to Martinique as thousands defy bans on protests |url=https://apnews.com/article/martinique-france-protests-special-police-46fbdb23a02ebeb3e76cc1d632c53929 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 25 September – The Barnier government expresses willingness to work with the National Rally's proposals to toughen immigration and crime laws following the murder of a 19-year-old woman in Paris by a Moroccan national.{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2024 |title=After student murder, France's new government heeds far right's call to be tougher on immigration |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/after-student-murder-frances-rn-presses-government-be-tougher-security-2024-09-25/ }}

• 1 October –
• Prime Minister Barnier announces a one-year postponement of provincial elections in New Caledonia that were previously scheduled in December 2024.{{Cite web |title=France's new premier postpones election in restive Pacific territory of New Caledonia |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-new-caledonia-elections-postponed-barnier-e6ada41e8525646e1fdd4475433aee69 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Associated Press |date=1 October 2024 |language=en}}
• Exiled Azerbaijani opposition activist Vidadi Isgandarli dies from wounds sustained in an attack inside his apartment in Mulhouse on 29 September.{{Cite web |title=France must fully probe Azerbaijani dissident's killing: Amnesty |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241003-france-must-fully-probe-azerbaijani-dissident-s-killing-amnesty |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=France 24 |date=3 October 2024 |language=en}}
• 3 October – Peter Cherif, an associate of the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in 2015, is sentenced to life imprisonment on terrorism charges.{{Cite web |title=French jihadist linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers sentenced to life in prison |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241003-french-jihadist-linked-to-charlie-hebdo-attackers-sentenced-to-life-in-prison |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=France 24 |date=3 October 2024 |language=en}}
• 4 October – The Court 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.{{Cite web |title=EU court blocks French ban on vegetable 'steak' labelling |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241004-eu-court-blocks-french-ban-on-vegetable-steak-labelling |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=France 24 |date=5 October 2024 |language=en}}
• 7 October – Nearly a dozen police officers and several demonstrators are injured in renewed protests in Fort-de-France, Martinique.{{Cite web |title=Nearly a dozen police injured in fresh protests in Martinique |url=https://apnews.com/article/martinique-protests-prices-9480810d8b8bc4070ce4fd316b00d31f |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Associated Press |date=8 October 2024 |language=en}}
• 8 October –
• Three people are arrested in the Toulouse area on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks.{{Cite web |title=French anti-terror investigators make 3 arrests in probe of suspected attack plot |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-terror-plot-prosecutor-arrest-1bfff5796784c6dad580af62e3cea59a |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Associated Press |date=8 October 2024 |language=en}}
• The Barnier government survives a no-confidence motion filed by the New Popular Front.{{Cite web |title=France's minority government survives a no-confidence vote, 2 weeks after taking office |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-minority-government-no-confidence-vote-7fa8b612dc28ab33cfeec526a21cce0c |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Associated Press |date=9 October 2024 |language=en}}
• 9 October –
• One person is killed in Sète due to extreme weather caused by Ex-Hurricane Kirk.{{Cite web |title=Hurricane Kirk remnants reach France, leaving at least one dead |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241010-hurricane-kirk-remnants-reach-france-leaving-at-least-one-dead |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=France 24 |date=10 October 2024 |language=en}}
• One person is killed during protests in Martinique.{{Cite web |title=One killed as protests over high cost of living in Martinique turn violent |url=https://apnews.com/article/martinique-protest-cost-of-living-killed-curfew-looting-e689c833d984b9422be2c3552ce6fd07 |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Associated Press |date=11 October 2024 |language=en}}
• 10 October – Protesters occupy the tarmac of Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport overnight and try to enter the terminal, disrupting several flights and trapping hundreds of passengers.{{Cite web |title=Martinique's airport briefly closes after violent protesters overrun the tarmac |url=https://apnews.com/article/martinique-protests-airport-closed-ba744f39c3481be753542bd53ca63f82 |access-date=11 October 2024 |website=Associated Press|date=11 October 2024 }} Authorities also declare a ban on protests in the territory.{{Cite web |title=Martinique authorities ban protests following deadly riots over rising prices |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241011-france-martinique-protests-riots-prices |access-date=11 October 2024 |website=France 24|date=11 October 2024 }}
• 12 October – A Tesla car crashes into a road sign and catches fire near Niort, killing all four people on board.{{Cite web |title=A Tesla car crashes and catches fire in France, killing 4 |url=https://apnews.com/article/car-crash-tesla-france-fire-be8ec1ef2253bd725f164c285d83317b |access-date=14 October 2024 |website=Associated Press|date=14 October 2024 }}
• 16 October – The body of missing teenager Lina Delsarte is found in Nièvre.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-16 |title=Affaire Lina : le corps de la jeune fille retrouvé plus d'un an après sa disparition dans la région de Nevers - France Bleu |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/disparition-de-lina-le-corps-de-la-jeune-fille-retrouve-plus-d-un-an-apres-sa-disparition-1365441 |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=ici par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}
• 17 October – France becomes the first European 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 in Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=In EU first, France grants visas to six Russian soldiers who deserted Ukraine war|url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241017-eu-first-france-grants-visas-six-russian-soldiers-deserters-ukraine-war |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=France 24|date=17 October 2024 }}
• 21 October – A nationwide manhunt is launched for the parents of a 17-day-old premature infant boy abducted from a hospital in Seine-Saint-Denis.{{Cite web |title=French police search for a 17-day-old baby abducted from maternity ward |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-newborn-abducted-ff3cc7f38a5fa7eb346ba461907b3da2 |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Associated Press|date=22 October 2024 }} The infant is found in Amsterdam, where his parents are also arrested.{{Cite web |title=A prematurely born baby snatched from a French maternity is doing well |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-amsterdam-premature-baby-parents-474d3929bd89872f8da6fe6c63e22a6e |access-date=26 October 2024 |website=Associated Press|date=26 October 2024 }}
• 25 October – The entirety of Guadeloupe loses electricity after striking workers shut down the main Électricité de France station in the territory.{{Cite web |title=Striking workers cut power across all of French territory Guadeloupe |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20241025-power-cut-across-all-of-france-s-guadeloupe-amid-worker-strike |access-date=26 October 2024 |website=France 24|date=25 October 2024 }}

• 1 November – Five people are injured in a shooting at a restaurant in Poitiers, sparking a mass brawl involving up to 600 people.{{Cite web |title=France shooting injures five and sparks mass brawl |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62lk7de9elo |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=BBC |date=1 November 2024 |language=en}}
• 4 November – The French Boxing Federation announces its withdrawal from the International Boxing Association, citing a need to maintain its presence in the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=French boxing quits international body to keep its fighters at Olympics |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241104-french-boxing-quits-international-body-to-keep-its-fighters-at-olympics |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=France 24 |date=5 November 2024 |language=en}}
• 5 November – A court in Lille convicts 18 people, mostly from Iraq, for their role in smuggling migrants across the English Channel to the United Kingdom and sentences them to up to 15 years' imprisonment.{{Cite web |title=French court convicts 18 in a major trial that casts light on the deadly migrant-smuggling trade |url=https://apnews.com/article/migration-france-britain-iraq-ddac64d4ffbe832740dd19e561c7838c |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Associated Press |date=5 November 2024 |language=en}}
• 14 November – The Académie Française releases the ninth edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, replacing its previous edition published in 1935.{{Cite web |title=France's new dictionary struggles to keep up with the times |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly03ve799go |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=BBC |date=15 November 2024 |language=en}}
• 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.{{Cite web |title=France arrests 26 as South Asian migrant trafficking ring smashed |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241128-france-arrests-26-as-south-asian-migrant-trafficking-ring-smashed |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=France 24 |date=28 November 2024 |language=en}}
• 29 November – France officially recognises the killing of up to 400 members of the Tirailleurs Sénégalais by the French Army in Thiaroye, present-day Senegal in 1944 as a massacre.{{Cite web |title=France admits colonial 'massacre', says Senegal's leader |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg725vk174o |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=BBC |date=29 November 2024 |language=en}}

• 1 December – A bus crashes into a cliff near Porte-Puymorens, killing two people and injuring 33 others.{{Cite web |title=A bus crashed near a ski resort in southern France killing 2 people and injuring at least 33 |url=https://apnews.com/article/bus-crash-pyrenees-france-catalonia-893bdc4513d9f8b45484f6cf0e3814b5 |access-date=2 December 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=December 2024 |language=en}}
• 4 December – Michel Barnier becomes the first prime minister of France to be removed in a no-confidence vote since 1962, following a motion filed by far-left MPs and supported by the National Rally.{{Cite web |title=French political impasse deepens after government ousted in no-confidence vote|url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20241204-french-lawmakers-topple-pm-barnier-s-government-in-no-confidence-vote |access-date=5 December 2024 |website=France 24 |date=4 December 2024 |language=en}}
• 7 December – Notre-Dame de Paris reopens to the public following renovations prompted by the 2019 fire.{{Cite web |title=Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens five years after devastating blaze |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/7/notre-dame-cathedral-reopens-five-years-after-devastating-blaze |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Al Jazeera |date=7 December 2024 |language=en}}
• 13 December – President Macron appoints MoDem leader François Bayrou as prime minister.{{Cite web |title=Macron names centrist Bayrou as French PM in bid to end political instability |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyx04pmnrgo |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=BBC |date=13 December 2024 |language=en}}
• 14 December –
• Cyclone Chido makes landfall over Mayotte, killing at least 39 people.{{Cite web |title=At least 11 dead after cyclone hits Mayotte |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ldkg59j15o |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=BBC |date=15 December 2024 |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Cyclone death toll in Mayotte rises to 39 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241224-cyclone-death-toll-in-mayotte-rises-to-39 |date=25 December 2024 |access-date=25 December 2024 |language=en |work=France 24}}
• Quintuple murder near Dunkirk - Five people are killed in separate shootings in Loon-Plage and Wormhout. A suspect is arrested on suspicion of committing both incidents.{{Cite web |title=Five dead after shootings in northern France |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8ynm4njrlo |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=BBC |date=15 December 2024 |language=en}}
• 15 December – Pope Francis arrives in Ajaccio to undertake the first papal visit to Corsica.{{Cite web |title=Pope Francis makes 1st papal visit to France's Corsica awash in expressions of popular piety |url=https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-corsica-visit-mediterranean-1422ac7938a526d02a82f739a51bcfcd |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=15 December 2024 |language=en}}
• 18 December – The Court of Cassation upholds the conviction of former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling after attempting to bribe a magistrate during a separate legal case against him.{{Cite web |title=France's highest court upholds corruption conviction of former president Nicolas Sarkozy |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-court-ruling-sarkozy-corruption-715483927ad6dfc7799ca8a9f28303cf |access-date=18 December 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=18 December 2024 |language=en}}
• 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.{{Cite web |title=Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband found guilty of rapes, sentenced to 20 years in prison in France |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-gisele-pelicot-rape-trial-verdicts-2b25791099f785fabb3c46123d30d9f9 |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=19 December 2024 |language=en}}
• 20 December – Eight people are convicted for the murder of Samuel Paty in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Eight convicted over beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in Paris |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/20/eight-convicted-over-beheading-of-teacher-samuel-paty-in-paris |access-date=21 December 2024 |website=The Guardian |date=20 December 2024 |language=en}}
• 21 December – The European Pressurized Reactor, the largest nuclear reactor in France, begins commercial operations at the Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant in Normandy.{{Cite web |title=France's most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/20/eight-convicted-over-beheading-of-teacher-samuel-paty-in-paris |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=France 24 |date=20 December 2024 |language=en}}
• 23 December – President Macron presents the Bayrou government.{{Cite web |title=France has a new government. Now it must fix the budget while avoiding collapse |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-new-government-macron-ea2398230392fd433f4dd9ff11f20d83 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Associated Press |date=24 December 2024 }}
• 29 December – Three migrants die in a suspected maritime incident in the English Channel off the coast of Sangatte.{{Cite web |title=3 die off northern France coast in Channel crossing attempt |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-migrants-die-channel-uk-bf7161771b61116a726d2209066ac192 |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Associated Press |date=29 December 2024 }}

{{Further|Public holidays in France}}

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• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 29 March – Good Friday{{dagger}}
• 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{{dagger}}

{{dagger}}Good Friday and St Stephen's Day are observed in Alsace and Moselle only

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• 2 January: Daniel Revenu, 81, fencer, Olympic champion (1968) and five-time bronze medalist.{{Cite web |title=Décès de Daniel Revenu, champion olympique de fleuret par équipe aux JO 1968 |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Escrime/Actualites/Deces-de-daniel-revenu-champion-olympique-de-fleuret-par-equipe-au-jo-1968/1440040 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}
• 3 January:
• René Metge, 82, rally driver.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=Le pilote automobile René Metge, triple vainqueur du Dakar, est mort |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/automobile/le-pilote-automobile-rene-metge-triple-vainqueur-du-dakar-est-mort_6280260.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}
• Bernard Ducuing, 73, footballer (Red Star, Reims, Montpellier).{{Cite web |title=Mort de Bernard Ducuing : l'ancien joueur du Montpellier Hérault Sport Club est décédé à l'âge de 73 ans |url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2024/01/03/ancien-joueur-du-montpellier-herault-sport-club-bernard-ducuing-est-decede-11675339.php |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=midilibre.fr |language=fr}}
• Frédéric Bluche, 72, legal historian.{{Cite web |title=In memoriam – Frédéric Bluche – Association des Historiens des Facultés de Droit |date=7 January 2024 |url=https://assohfd.fr/in-memoriam-frederic-bluche/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |language=fr-FR}}
• 4 January: Raymond Elena, 92, racing cyclist.{{Cite news |title=Cyclisme. Ancien coureur professionnel, Raymond Elena nous a quittés |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/sport/2024/01/05/ancien-coureur-professionnel-raymond-elena-nous-a-quittes |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.leprogres.fr |language=FR-fr}}
• 5 January:
• Jean-Marie Rausch, 94, politician, senator (1974–1988, 1992–2001) and mayor of Metz (1971–2008).{{Cite web |title=Moselle. Jean-Marie Rausch, l'ancien maire de Metz, est décédé : ses obsèques célébrées ce mercredi |url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/societe/2024/01/05/jean-marie-rausch-l-ancien-maire-de-metz-est-decede |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.republicain-lorrain.fr |date=5 January 2024 |language=FR-fr}}
• Bernard Malgrange, 95, mathematician (Malgrange–Ehrenpreis theorem, Malgrange preparation theorem), member of the French Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web |title=Décès de Bernard Malgrange {{!}} Société Mathématique de France |url=https://smf.emath.fr/actualites-smf/deces-de-bernard-malgrange |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=smf.emath.fr}}
• 8 January: Guy Bonnet, 78, author, composer and singer.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-08 |title=VIDÉOS - Le chanteur et compositeur avignonnais Guy Bonnet est décédé - France Bleu |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/le-chanteur-et-compositeur-avignonnais-guy-bonnet-est-decede-1136940 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}
• 9 January:
• Thierry Desmarest, 78, businessman (TotalEnergies).{{Cite news |date=2024-01-10 |title=Thierry Desmarest, ancien PDG de Total, est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2024/01/10/thierry-desmarest-ancien-pdg-de-total-est-mort_6210082_3234.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}
• Jean Céa, 91, mathematician.{{Cite web |last=Levakis |first=Olympe |title=Jean Céa, grand professeur qui laisse une trace durable |url=https://newsroom.univ-cotedazur.fr/actualites-evenements/jean-cea-grand-professeur-qui-laisse-une-trace-durable |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Newsroom |language=fr-FR}}
• 10 January: Louis Le Pensec, 87, politician, minister of agriculture (1997–1998) and senator (1998–2008).{{Cite news |last=GRIESINGER |first=Béatrice |date=2024-01-10 |title=Louis Le Pensec, figure politique du Finistère et ancien ministre de la Mer, est décédé |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/quimperle-29300/mellac-lunique-ministre-de-la-mer-a-quitte-le-rivage-5d1a2db0-9c97-11ed-92eb-e890e5f5f960 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Ouest-France.fr |language=fr}}
• 11 January:
• Laurence Badie, 95, actress (The Virtuous Scoundrel, Woman Times Seven, Bankers Also Have Souls) and comedian.{{Cite web |title=Mort de la comédienne Laurence Badie |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/people/mort-de-la-comedienne-laurence-badie_AN-202401110521.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=BFMTV |date=11 January 2024 |language=fr}}
• Guy Janvier, 75, politician, member of the general council of Hauts-de-Seine (2004–2015).{{Cite web |last=à 10h23 |first=Par Hendrik Delaire Le 16 janvier 2024 |date=2024-01-16 |title=Vanves : l'ancien maire Guy Janvier est décédé |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine-92/vanves-lancien-maire-guy-janvier-est-decede-16-01-2024-ARCODRHHDVALJE5U5QLOQ23KDM.php |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}
• Jean-Luc Laurent, 66, politician, MP (2012–2017) and mayor of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (1995–2016, since 2020).{{Cite web |date=2024-01-11 |title=Mort de Jean-Luc Laurent, maire du Kremlin-Bicêtre |url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/le-kremlin-bicetre_94043/mort-de-jean-luc-laurent-maire-du-kremlin-bicetre_60553545.html |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=actu.fr |language=fr}}
• 13 January:
• Jean-Jacques Bénètière, 84, politician, member of parliament (1981–1986).{{Cite web |title=Loire. L'ancien député du Roannais Jean-Jacques Benetière est décédé |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/politique/2024/01/16/l-ancien-depute-du-roannais-jean-jacques-benetiere-est-decede |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.leprogres.fr |date=16 January 2024 |language=FR-fr}}
• Bruno Ducol, 74, pianist and composer.{{Cite web |last=Rédaction |first=La |date=2024-01-13 |title=Décès du compositeur Bruno Ducol |url=https://www.resmusica.com/2024/01/13/deces-du-compositeur-bruno-ducol/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=ResMusica |language=fr-FR}}
• 14 January: Christophe Boesch, 72, French-Swiss primatologist.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-17 |title=Помер приматолог Крістоф Беш |url=https://uazmi.org/news/post/e4ff0111a3d2b7825179119fbee6da54 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=UAZMI |language=uk}}
• 18 January: Slim Pezin, 78, guitarist, arranger and conductor.{{Cite web |title=Mylène Farmer en deuil : mort de Slim Pezin, son musicien et ami de longue date |url=https://www.chartsinfrance.net/Mylene-Farmer/news-127472.html |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=www.chartsinfrance.net |date=18 January 2024 |language=fr}}
• 22 January: Pierre Chassigneux, 82, businessman and government official, president of SANEF (2003–2011).{{Cite web |title=Le Figaro : Deuils - Pierre CHASSIGNEUX |url=https://carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr/deces/annonces/487952443/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr}}
• 23 January: Jean Petit, 74, football player (Monaco, national team) and manager.{{Cite web |title=Jean Petit, légende de Monaco, est mort |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Jean-petit-legende-de-monaco-est-mort/1444142 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}
• 26 January:
• Michel Hausser, 96, jazz vibraphonist.{{Cite web |title=Le vibraphoniste Michel Hausser est décédé - Les brèves - News - TSF Jazz : la première radio jazz de France |url=https://www.tsfjazz.com/jazznews/breve/le-vibraphoniste-michel-hausser-est-decede |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=www.tsfjazz.com |language=fr}}
• Jean Vaillant, 91, Olympic long-distance runner (1964).{{Cite web |date=2024-01-29 |title=Disparition de Jean Vaillant, le plus titré des athlètes bretons |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/morbihan/lorient-56100/disparition-de-jean-vaillant-le-plus-titre-des-athletes-bretons-6515223.php |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Le Télégramme |language=fr-FR}}
• 27 January: Pierre Montlaur, 60, rugby union player (SU Agen, national team).{{Cite web |title=Carnet noir : mort brutale de Pierre Montlaur, joueur emblématique du SU Agen |url=https://www.petitbleu.fr/2024/01/27/carnet-noir-pierre-montlaur-joueur-emblematique-du-su-agen-est-decede-11724989.php |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=petitbleu.fr |language=fr}}
• 29 January:
• Louis Colombani, 92, politician, deputy (1988–1997).{{Cite web |last=rédaction |first=La |date=2024-01-30 |title=L'ancien député du Var Louis Colombani est décédé |url=https://www.varmatin.com/vie-locale/l-ancien-depute-du-var-louis-colombani-est-decede-900263 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Var-Matin |language=fr}}
• Séverine Foulon, 50, athlete.{{Cite web |last=MENEGHINI |first=Kathleen |date=2024-01-30 |title=Avec le décès de Séverine Foulon une lumière s'est éteinte sur Le Touquet |url=https://www.nordlittoral.fr/198779/article/2024-01-30/avec-le-deces-de-severine-foulon-une-lumiere-s-est-eteinte-sur-le-touquet |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=www.nordlittoral.fr |language=fr}}
• Iskandar Safa, 68, Lebanese-born French shipbuilding industry executive.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-29 |title=Iskandar Safa, homme d'affaires et propriétaire de Valeurs actuelles, est mort à 68 ans |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/iskandar-safa-homme-d-affaires-et-proprietaire-de-valeurs-actuelles-est-mort-a-68-ans-20240129 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}}
• 30 January: Jean-François Cordet, 73, government official, director of OFPRA (2007–2012).{{Cite web |title=Avis de décès |url=https://www.groupe-roc-eclerc.com/avis-de-deces/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Roc Eclerc |language=fr-FR}}

• 1 February:
• Michel Jazy, 87, middle-distance runner, Olympic silver medallist (1960).{{Cite web |title=Une légende de l'athlétisme français est morte |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Legende-de-l-athletisme-francais-michel-jazy-est-mort/1446034 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}
• Gilbert Millet, 93, doctor and politician, three-time deputy, mayor of Alès (1985–1989).{{Cite web |title=Ancien maire d'Alès et député du Gard, Gilbert Millet a tiré sa révérence à l'âge de 93 ans |url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2024/02/02/ancien-maire-dales-et-depute-du-gard-gilbert-millet-a-tire-sa-reverence-a-lage-de-93-ans-11739875.php |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=midilibre.fr |language=fr}}
• 2 February: Pierre Raffin, 85, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Metz (1987–2013).{{Cite web |title=Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/braffin.html |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}
• 5 February:
• Brigitte Bout, 83, senator
• Jean Malaurie, 101, anthropologist and explorer.{{Cite news |date=2024-02-05 |title=Jean Malaurie, géographe, explorateur du Grand Nord et éditeur, est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/02/05/jean-malaurie-geographe-explorateur-du-grand-nord-et-editeur-est-mort_6214880_3382.html |access-date=2024-02-05 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}
• 9 February: Marie-Cécile Morice, 75, mayor
• 13 February : Alain Dorval, 77, French voice actor, he dubbed Sylvester Stallone, from 1976 to 2024

• 22 March: Anne-Marie Trégouët, 99, French veteran.{{Cite web |last=décès |first=Avis de |title=Anne-Marie Trégouët : avis de décès du 22 mars 2024 |url=https://avis-de-deces.ouest-france.fr/20240325/annemarie-tregouet-2218294/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Avis de décès |language=fr}}
• 23 March: Daniel Beretta, 77, French voice actor and singer, he dubbed Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1987 to 2021.

• 25 April: Laurent Cantet, 63, film director (Time Out, The Class).{{cite web |title=Le réalisateur Laurent Cantet, palme d'or avec Entre les murs, est décédé à 63 ans |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/le-realisateur-laurent-cantet-palme-d-or-avec-entre-les-murs-est-decede-a-63-ans-20240425 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr |date=25 April 2024}}

• 5 June: Ben Vautier and Annie Vautier.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-06 |title=French artist Ben Vautier, 88, dies by suicide hours after wife's death |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/ben-vautier-annie-french-artist-death-fluxus-b2557680.html |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

• 5 July: Yvonne Furneaux, 98, French-British actress (La dolce vita, The Mummy, Replusion).{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Mike|title=Yvonne Furneaux, Actress in Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita' and Polanski's 'Repulsion,' Dies at 98|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/yvonne-furneaux-dead-la-dolce-vita-repulsion-1235952312/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=18 July 2024}}
• 15 July: Jacques Boudet, 89, actor (La Femme Nikita, Those Happy Days).{{cite web|title=«Plus belle la vie», «Nos jours heureux»... L'acteur culte Jacques Boudet est mort|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/plus-belle-la-vie-nos-jours-heureux-l-acteur-jacques-boudet-visage-culte-de-la-television-est-mort-20240716|website=Le Figaro|language=fr|date=16 July 2024|access-date=16 July 2024}}
• 27 July: Francis Chouat, 75, politician.{{Cite web |last=Diquattro |first=Thomas |date=2024-07-27 |title=Essonne : Francis Chouat, ancien député et maire d'Évry-Courcouronnes, est mort |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/essonne-francis-chouat-ancien-depute-et-maire-devry-courcouronnes-est-mort-27-07-2024-KQO2LOKJVZFALBG6RF2JBB7H5U.php |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}

• 18 August: Alain Delon, 88, actor (Le Samouraï, Borsalino).{{cite web|title=Alain Delon, étoile du cinéma français, est mort|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/08/18/alain-delon-etoile-du-cinema-francais-est-mort_6285257_3382.html|website=Le Monde|language=fr|date=18 August 2024}}
• 29 August: Jean-Charles Tacchella, 98, film director (Cousin Cousine, Seven Sundays).{{cite web |title=Jean-Charles Tacchella, réalisateur et ancien président de la Cinémathèque française, est mort à l'âge de 98 ans |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/08/30/le-realisateur-jean-charles-tacchella-est-mort_6299526_3382.html |website=Le Monde |language=fr |date=30 August 2024}}

• 5 September: Laurent Tirard, 57, film director and screenwriter (Little Nicholas, Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia).{{cite web|title=Le réalisateur Laurent Tirard est mort, à l'âge de 57 ans|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/09/05/le-realisateur-laurent-tirard-est-mort-a-l-age-de-57-ans_6304803_3246.html|website=Le Monde|language=fr|date=5 September 2024|access-date=5 September 2024}}

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