28 January – Beginning of the Daval affair, French criminal case concerning the murder of Alexia Daval, whose body was found on October 30, 2017
February
20 February – Beginning of the "Operation Dead Island ", a general strike lasting several weeks in
Mayotte against insecurity and uncontrolled
Comorian immigration
23 February – 35 mayors in the
Nièvre department resign to protest against the closure of the
Clamecy hospital emergency room at night.[2]
National homage to the lieutenant-colonel (promoted colonel on March 27)
Arnaud Beltrame
White March in memory of Mireille Knoll
April
3 April – Beginning of a period of intermittent strikes at the
French National Railway Company until the end of June to protest against the scheduled end of the railway workers' status
24 June – Dismantling of the right-wing extremist terrorist group "Action of the operational forces" (AFO) by the arrest of its 9 members – including its chief – and arrest of the leader of self-proclaimed group "Volontaires pour la France"; seizure of about twenty firearms and dismantling of a clandestine laboratory of homemade explosives. The AFO had planned to carry out attacks in France against Muslims.
5 October – National tribute to singer
Charles Aznavour, died on October 1.
10 October – Two people lose their lives in floods in
Sainte-Maxime because of a Mediterranean episode (178 mm fell).
11 October – Resignation of 69 mayors and councilors of the department of
Indre to protest against the closure of the
Le Blanc maternity ward.
15 October – A very violent Mediterranean episode, an indirect consequence of
hurricane Leslie, causes exceptional
flash floods in the
Aude, with accumulations of exceptional rains (295 mm in
Trèbes in 12 hours, close to 300 mm in Carcassonne), which kill 15 people (including 9 in
Trèbes). The city of
Trèbes and the villages of
Villegailhenc,
Villalier,
Villardonnel and
Saint-Couat-d'Aude are ravaged. This is the worst flood in the region since 1999.
28 January – Beginning of the Daval affair, French criminal case concerning the murder of Alexia Daval, whose body was found on October 30, 2017
February
20 February – Beginning of the "Operation Dead Island ", a general strike lasting several weeks in
Mayotte against insecurity and uncontrolled
Comorian immigration
23 February – 35 mayors in the
Nièvre department resign to protest against the closure of the
Clamecy hospital emergency room at night.[2]
National homage to the lieutenant-colonel (promoted colonel on March 27)
Arnaud Beltrame
White March in memory of Mireille Knoll
April
3 April – Beginning of a period of intermittent strikes at the
French National Railway Company until the end of June to protest against the scheduled end of the railway workers' status
24 June – Dismantling of the right-wing extremist terrorist group "Action of the operational forces" (AFO) by the arrest of its 9 members – including its chief – and arrest of the leader of self-proclaimed group "Volontaires pour la France"; seizure of about twenty firearms and dismantling of a clandestine laboratory of homemade explosives. The AFO had planned to carry out attacks in France against Muslims.
5 October – National tribute to singer
Charles Aznavour, died on October 1.
10 October – Two people lose their lives in floods in
Sainte-Maxime because of a Mediterranean episode (178 mm fell).
11 October – Resignation of 69 mayors and councilors of the department of
Indre to protest against the closure of the
Le Blanc maternity ward.
15 October – A very violent Mediterranean episode, an indirect consequence of
hurricane Leslie, causes exceptional
flash floods in the
Aude, with accumulations of exceptional rains (295 mm in
Trèbes in 12 hours, close to 300 mm in Carcassonne), which kill 15 people (including 9 in
Trèbes). The city of
Trèbes and the villages of
Villegailhenc,
Villalier,
Villardonnel and
Saint-Couat-d'Aude are ravaged. This is the worst flood in the region since 1999.