France & Europe: a decade of protest, violence, migration & political change
Ten connected histories examine different causes and consequences from 2015 through 2026. Protest movements, terrorism, riots, migration and parliamentary disputes are documented separately rather than treated as a single coordinated crisis. Dates refer to events described, not claims of comprehensive real-time reporting.
Ten histories
- 2015: Attacks in Paris & the security response (2015-01 to 2015-11)
- 2015–2016: Asylum arrivals & European decisions (2015–2016)
- 2018–2019: Yellow Vests & the cost of living (2018-11 to 2019)
- 2020–2022: Pandemic pressures, prices & public services (2020–2022)
- 2023: Pension reform & parliamentary authority (2023-01 to 2023-04)
- 2023: Nahel’s death, riots & local damage (2023-06 to 2023-07)
- 2024: Election fragmentation & governing coalitions (2024-06 to 2024-12)
- 2025: Block Everything & organized strikes (2025-09)
- 2015–2025: Migration, neighboring states & population change (2015–2025)
- 2015–2026: European comparisons, costs & accountability (2015–2026)
Sources include INSEE, Eurostat, Europol, the Council of Europe, parliamentary research and contemporary reporting. Where responsibility for specific violence is unproven, no organization is accused.
Documentary references
These sources support the dated context; they do not establish responsibility for events beyond what their reporting specifically identifies.