Eleanor Beardsley
Stories
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The government in France could fall if a no-confidence vote succeeds
The French government faces the no-confidence vote over the prime minister's austerity budget. He's been in office less than three months.
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French prime minister issues warning before confidence vote in parliament tomorrow
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier made a last-ditch attempt to rally support for his government. Far left and far right members of parliament are preparing to bring it down in a no confidence vote.
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How Europe is bracing for Trump's second term as threat of tariffs looms
European nations are bracing for new tariffs and less security support from the incoming Trump administration.
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The public gets a peek inside the reconstructed Notre Dame Cathedral
On Friday, people in France had a glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral for the first time since the fire nearly six years ago.
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A restored Notre Dame cathedral is unveiled days before its official reopening
Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
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Notre Dame Cathedral is almost ready to reopen nearly 6 years after fire
Some six years after a devastating fire, work is nearing completion at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Almost every part of the cathedral has undergone restoration and rebuilding.
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How the European Union is preparing for the second Trump presidency
Members of the European Union Are Preparing With Caution and, At Times, Keenness for the Second Trump Presidency.
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Gisele Pelicot, victim in mass rape trial in France, gives last day of testimony
The victim at the center of a mass rape trial in France gave her closing statement in a French court. She denounced French society as macho and patriarchal, called it a society that trivializes rape.
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In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder
In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.
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D-Day is celebrated as a day of liberation. For one French family, there was a price
French families recall rapes committed by a handful of GIs after D-Day. A note to listeners that this piece mentions sexual assault.
