Nearly 800 people were arrested in France after Paris St.-Germain won the Champions League on Saturday, French officials said. Thousands in Paris took to the streets to celebrate, leading to some violent clashes with police officers.
For centuries, the bones of some six million people were buried in the catacombs beneath the city. Curators are trying to preserve and modernize the tunnels while maintaining the spooky ambience.
France’s far right hoped for major gains in Sunday’s municipal elections, a key bellwether moment before a presidential election next year. Its results were mixed.
Pierre-Édouard Stérin is financing projects to make France less Muslim, more Catholic and more capitalist. He says his program has trained thousands running for municipal office on Sunday.
Molenbeek was branded a hotbed of radicalization after terrorists hit Brussels and Paris a decade ago, but new challenges show that reinvention doesn’t come easy.
Voters across France choose mayors this week. The far right is performing strongly in the country’s second city, making the contest there a test of national shifts.