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Added on the 09/07/2021 22:52:04 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Following the acquittal of French Justice Minister, his lawyer speaks of a "great satisfaction and (...) a great emotion". A French court on Wednesday acquitted France's justice minister in a conflict of interest trial that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron's government. Eric Dupond-Moretti, a pugnacious former star defence lawyer, had in 2021 been charged with misusing his position to settle scores with opponents from his legal career. SOUNDBITE
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
Thousands march against anti-Semitism in Paris, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. The march also comes a day after several thousand people demonstrated in Paris under the rallying cry "Stop the massacre in Gaza". 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
Basque independence activist Josu Ternera, former head of the separatist organisation ETA in hiding since 2002, arrives at one of the two trials awaiting him this week at the Paris Court of Appeal for his actions within ETA since the end of the 1970s. IMAGES