2022 in France
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Events in the year 2022 in France.
Incumbents
[edit]- President – Emmanuel Macron (REM)
- Prime Minister – Jean Castex (REM) until May 16, Élisabeth Borne (REM) from May 16
- Government – Borne government
Events
[edit]Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in France
February
[edit]- 14 February - Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque explosion
March
[edit]- 9 March - 2022 Corsica unrest
- 20 March - 2022 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election, 2022 Saint Barthélemy Territorial Council election, 2022 Saint Martin Territorial Council election, 2022 Saint Pierre and Miquelon legislative election[1]
April
[edit]- 10 April - The first round of the 2022 French presidential election is held.[2]
- 24 April - The second round of the 2022 French presidential election is held and incumbent president Emmanuel Macron is reelected, defeating Marine Le Pen.[3][4][5]
May
[edit]- 16 May - Prime minister Jean Castex resigns and president Macron appoints Minister of Labour, Employment and Economic Inclusion Élisabeth Borne to replace him.[6]
June
[edit]July
[edit]- 12 July onwards - 2022 Gironde wildfires
November
[edit]- 3 November - during the government question period, National Rally deputy Grégoire de Fournas interrupts Black deputy Carlos Martens Bilongo's remarks on the situation of migrants on the SOS Méditerranée ship Ocean Viking, shouting "go back to Africa!" De Fournas's outburst was deemed racist, though it was unclear whether he was referring to Bilongo or the African migrants.[7][8][9] The president of the National Assembly suspended parliament. De Fournas received a 15-day ban from the National Assembly and had his pay docked.[10]
- 5 November - Jordan Bardella is elected president of National Rally, ending Le Pen era as president of the party.[11]
December
[edit]- Singer Lissandro wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia, performing the song "Oh maman!"
- Éric Ciotti is elected president of the Republicans.
- 23 December - 2022 Paris shooting
Deaths
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (February 2022) |
January
[edit]- 1 January
- Roger-Xavier Lantéri, journalist (b. 1930)[12]
- Pierre Parsus, painter and illustrator (b. 1921)[13]
- Jean-Charles Terrassier, French psychologist. (b. 1940)[14]
- 3 January
- Igor Bogdanoff, television presenter and academic fraudster (Bogdanov affair) (b. 1942)[15]
- Daniel Colliard, French politician, deputy (1993–1997). (b. 1930)[16]
- Claude Taittinger, businessman, director of Taittinger (b. 1927)[17]
- 5 January – Anatole Novak, road bicycle racer (b. 1937)[18]
- 7 January – José Évrard, politician, deputy (b. 1945)[19]
March
[edit]- 17 March – Jean-Pierre Demailly, mathematician (b. 1957)[20]
May
[edit]- 29 May – Ariel Besse, actress (b. 1965)[21]
August
[edit]- 11 August – Jean-Jacques Sempé, cartoonist (Le Petit Nicolas) (b. 1932)[22]
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
- List of French films of 2022
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Elections territoriales pour plusieurs collectivités d'Outre-mer le 20 mars". Outre-mer la 1ère (in French). 5 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ Voce, Antonio; Clarke, Seán. "French election 2022: full first-round results". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Election présidentielle 2022". www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Macron re-elected as French voters hold off Le Pen's far right once more". France 24. 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "French election result: Macron defeats Le Pen and vows to unite divided France". BBC News. 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "EN DIRECT - Elisabeth Borne dédie sa nomination à Matignon à "toutes les petites filles"". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Racism row over French far-right MP's 'go back to Africa' outburst". euronews. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ "Séance interrompue à l'Assemblée nationale après des propos à teneur raciste d'un député RN" [Session interrupted in the National Assembly after racist remarks by an RN deputy]. LeMonde.fr (in French). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Jackson, Patrick; Thomas, Merlyn (4 November 2022). "French parliament stopped over 'racist' remark". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "French far-right MP temporarily suspended for shouting "Go back to Africa"". Reuters. 4 November 2022.
- ^ "France's far right replaces Le Pen with Jordan Bardella – DW – 11/05/2022". dw.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ "M. LANTERI Roger - Avis de décès du 05 janvier 2022". Le Télégramme. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Mort du peintre gardois Pierre Parsus, à 100 ans". ici, par France Bleu et France 3. January 3, 2022. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022.
- ^ rédaction, La (January 3, 2022). "Jean-Charles Terrassier, spécialiste du haut potentiel, est décédé". Nice-Matin. Archived from the original on January 3, 2022.
- ^ Rédaction, La. "Igor et Grichka Bogdanoff : biographie des jumeaux scientifiques du PAF". www.linternaute.fr. Archived from the original on January 3, 2022.
- ^ "Disparition de Daniel Colliard, une grande figure communiste du Havre". France 3 Normandie. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022.
- ^ "L'ancien président du champagne Taittinger de Reims est décédé | Journal L'Union". www.lunion.fr. January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Disparition. Cyclisme : l'Isérois Anatole Novak est décédé". www.ledauphine.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Covid-19 : Des masques chirurgicaux distribués «à la mi-janvier» dans les écoles". Libération. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022.
- ^ "Décès de Jean-Pierre Demailly | Société Mathématique de France". smf.emath.fr. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Mort à 56 ans d'Ariel Besse, la belle-fille de Patrick Dewaere dans Beau-père". Le Figaro (in French). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "French cartoonist Sempe, famous for New Yorker covers, dies age 89". Reuters. August 12, 2022.