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"This constitutional revision will make this tragedy irreversible for the weakest members of society," says Marie-Lys Pellissier, spokesperson for the "March for Life", at an anti-abortion rights demonstration of about fifty activists near Port-Royal as the Senate prepared to vote on enshrining abortion in the Constitution. IMAGES
Political figures leading the march against anti-Semitism arrive near the French Senate in Paris. More than 100,000 people turned out, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. IMAGES
A rally against anti-Semitism organised by French far-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) is disrupted by demonstrators carrying signs reading "Touche pas à la mémoire" ("Don't touch our remembrance"), in criticism of party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's stance on recent events. The protest took place near the site of the former Vél d'Hiv in Paris, where Jews were infamously rounded up and detained during the second World War before being sent to camps. IMAGES
French MPs and senators, gathered exceptionally for a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the Parliament by video conference, rise to applaud "to pay tribute to the courage of the Ukrainian people" and its President, before the latter's speech. IMAGES
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcomes his Nigerien counterpart, Hassoumi Massoudou, to Paris after the postponement of a meeting between the EU and the G5 Sahel countries due to the coup in Burkina Faso. IMAGES
Police stand guard at the scene after a French police officer was killed during an anti-drug operation in Avignon. IMAGES
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