the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be dismantled. Fearing powerlessness, the nobility and landowners joined the National Assembly.

The government of President Emmanuel Macron collapsed Wednesday after the National Assembly voted for the ... of the ...

The French National Assembly has rejected a controversial proposal that would have undermined end-to-end encryption under the guise of combating drug trafficking. The vote comes as a significant ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled ... planters would not grant them citizenship as decreed by the National Assembly of France in its "Declaration of the Rights of Man." ...

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants ... called the National Assembly. Initially, most of the delegates ...

French Appeals Court Will Issue Ruling in ... A heated debate over the ruling dominated the weekly session of questions in the National Assembly, where the RN is the largest single party.

After the revolution of 1789, French citizens sought uniform weights and measures throughout the nation. The National Assembly and subsequent national governments commissioned the Paris Academy of ...