2025 in France
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Events in the year 2025 in France.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 6 January –
- The first case of clade 1b mpox in France is discovered from a patient in Brittany who came into contact with persons who had travelled to central Africa.[1]
- President Emmanuel Macron states that France was right to intervene militarily in the African Sahel against Islamist militants, and states that he is still waiting for the Sahel states to "thank" France while also denying that the French military was forced out of the region.[2]
- 11 January – Two trams collide in Strasbourg-Ville station, injuring 68 people.[3]
- 15 January – A wildfire breaks out in Amsterdam Island in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, forcing the evacuation of all 31 residents. By 10 February, 45% of the island's area is affected.[4]
- 16 January – Prime Minister François Bayrou survives a no-confidence motion filed by La France Insoumise in the National Assembly.[5]
- 24 January –
- Pakistani national Zaheer Mahmood is convicted of attempted murder and terrorist conspiracy for carrying out the 2020 Paris stabbing attack and is sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment.[6]
- Indonesia and France sign an agreement to repatriate French national Serge Atlaoui, who has been in death row since 2007 in an Indonesian prison following a conviction for drug smuggling.[7]
- 29 January – Four Norwegian skiers are killed in an avalanche at Val-Cenis in the French Alps.[8]
February
[edit]- 1 February – Three people are killed in a fire at a retirement home in Bouffémont.[9]
- 3 February – Prime Minister François Bayrou passes his government's annual budget after bypassing a vote in the National Assembly through special constitutional powers.[10]
- 5 February –
- Serge Atlaoui is repatriated to France as part of the bilateral agreement with Indonesia signed on 24 January.[11]
- Prime Minister Bayrou survives a no-confidence motion filed against him in the National Assembly over his passage of the 2025 budget.[12]
- 10 February – Prime Minister Bayrou survives a second no-confidence motion filed against him in the National Assembly over his passage of the 2025 budget.[13]
Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]- 14 – 15 June – 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans[14]
- 5 – 27 July – 2025 Tour de France[15]
- TBA – 2025 BWF World Championships in Paris[16]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[17]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 18 April – Good Friday†
- 20 April – Easter
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 8 May – Victory Day
- 29 May – Ascension Day
- 8 June – Whit Sunday
- 9 June – 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 in Alsace and Moselle only
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January:
- Jean-Michel Defaye, 92, composer and pianist.[18]
- Louis Schittly, 86, physician and humanitarian (Médecins Sans Frontières).[19]
- 3 January: La Chunga, 87, French-born Spanish flamenco dancer and painter.[20]
- 4 January: Claude Allègre, 87, geochemist and politician, minister of national education (1997–2000).[21]
- 5 January:
- Benoît Allemane, 82, voice actor.[22]
- Anne-Marie Comparini, 77, politician, deputy (2002–2007) and president of Rhône-Alpes (1999–2004).[23]
- Freddy Zix, 89, footballer (Pierrots Vauban Strasbourg, RC Strasbourg, 1968 Olympics).[24]
- 7 January:
- Jean-Marie Le Pen, 96, founder of the Front National.[25]
- Lim Kimya, 73, French-Cambodian politician, MP (2013–2018).[26]
- 8 January: Gabriel de Broglie, 93, historian, chancellor of the Institut de France (2006–2017) and member of the Académie Française.[27]
- 10 January:
- Roger Lebranchu, 102, Olympic rower (1948).[28]
- Jean-Luc Petitrenaud, 74, food critic and television host.[29]
- 17 January: Didier Guillaume, 65, senator (2008–2018), minister of agriculture and food (2018–2020), minister of state of Monaco (since 2024).[30]
- 20 January: Bertrand Blier, 85, film director.[31]
- 21 January: Valérie André, 102, neurosurgeon, aviator and army general.[32]
- 22 January: Gabriel Yacoub, 72, folk musician (Malicorne).[33]
February
[edit]- 3 February: Stéphane Picq, 59, video game music composer (Dune, MegaRace, Lost Eden).[34]
- 6 February: Paul-Loup Sulitzer, 78, financier and author.[35]
- 7 February: Naâman, 34, reggae singer.[36]
See also
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Country overviews
[edit]- History of France
- History of modern France
- Outline of France
- Government of France
- Politics of France
- Years in France
- Timeline of France history
References
[edit]- ^ "France detects first case of new mpox variant". France 24. 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Still awaiting thanks for stopping Islamists in Sahel, Macron says". Reuters. January 6, 2024.
- ^ "More than 60 injured after Strasbourg trams collide". BBC. 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Almost half of remote French island hit by wildfire: official". France 24. 10 February 2025.
- ^ "French PM Bayrou survives first no-confidence vote in parliament". France 24. 17 January 2025.
- ^ "Man jailed for 30 years for Charlie Hebdo meat cleaver attack". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ "Indonesia agrees to repatriate ailing French national who has spent almost 20 years on death row". AP News. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ "Five skiers killed in French Alps avalanches". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "Fire at retirement home near Paris leaves 3 dead, 8 injured". AP News. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
- ^ "French PM Bayrou uses special constitutional powers to force 2025 budget through parliament". France 24. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
- ^ "Frenchman Atlaoui returns to Paris after reprieve from death row in Indonesia". France 24. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "France's government survives a no-confidence vote and a budget is finally adopted". AP News. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ "French PM François Bayrou survives another no-confidence vote over social security budget". France 24. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ Watkins, Gary (14 June 2024). "Le Mans 24 Hours to clash with F1 Canadian GP in 2025 as WEC calendar announced". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Les trois premières étapes du Tour de France 2025 dans le Nord dévoilées" [The first three stages of the Tour de France 2025 in the North revealed] (in French). L'Équipe. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "France Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Le compositeur français Jean-Michel Defaye, arrangeur de Léo Ferré, est mort à l'âge de 92 ans". Le Figaro (in French). 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Disparition. Louis Schittly, « médecin-paysan » sundgauvien, cofondateur de médecin sans frontières, est décédé". www.lalsace.fr (in French). 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Muere La Chunga, la genial bailaora descalza, a los 87 años". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2025-01-03. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Claude Allègre est mort". Le Point (in French). 2025-01-04. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Mort de Benoît Allemane, voix française mythique de Morgan Freeman et du Père Noël". AlloCiné (in French). 2025-01-06. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Rhône. Anne-Marie Comparini, ancienne présidente de la Région Rhône-Alpes, est décédée". www.leprogres.fr (in French). 2025-01-05. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Disparition de Freddy Zix". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ "Former Cambodian MP shot dead in Bangkok". Bangkok Post. 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Décès de M. Gabriel de Broglie (F11)". Académie française. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Disparition : Doyen des porteurs de la flamme olympique lors des JO 2024, Roger Lebranchu est mort". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Le journaliste gastronomique Jean-Luc Petitrenaud, ancien animateur d'émissions culinaires, est mort à l'âge de 74 ans". Franceinfo (in French). 2025-01-10. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Drôme : Didier Guillaume, ancien président du département et ancien ministre de l'Agriculture, est mort". France Bleu (in French). 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "France's arch film provocateur Blier dies at 85". France 24. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "France's First Woman General Valerie Andre Dies At 102". Barron's. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "La mort de Gabriel Yacoub, cofondateur du groupe de folk français Malicorne". Le Monde (in French). January 23, 2025. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
- ^ "Mort de Stéphane Picq, compositeur emblématique des années French touch du jeu vidéo". Le Monde (in French). February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ "Mort de l'écrivain Paul-Loup Sulitzer, âgé de 78 ans". La Croix (in French). 6 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Le chanteur de reggae Naâman est mort à 34 ans". RTL (in French). 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
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