2019 In France

This article lists major events that happened in 2019 in France.

Incumbents

*President – Emmanuel Macron ( REM)
*Prime Minister – Édouard Philippe ( LR)

Events

January

* 12 January – 2019 Paris explosion: An explosion occurs at a bakery on Rue de Trevise in Paris'  9th arrondissement, killing four people and injuring forty-seven others.
* 14 January – The Brest University Hospital Center becomes the first hospital in the world to acquire a PET scan.
* 15 January – Launch of the Great National Debate
* 22 January – Signing of the Aachen Treaty in Aachen, 56 years to the day after the signing of the Élysée Treaty

February

* 5 February – February 2019 Paris fire: A suspected arson at an apartment block on Rue Erlanger in Paris' 16th arrondissement kills ten people, making it the deadliest fire in Paris since 2005.
* 6 February – Matthieu Orphelin, member of the French National Assembly for Maine-et-Loire's 1st constituency, close to the former minister of ecology Nicolas Hulot, leaves the LREM's parliamentary group to protest against the government's ecological policy.
* 7 February – Following the growing diplomatic tensions between the French government and the Italian government, the French ambassador to Italy, Christian Masset is recalled to France.
* 8 February – 34th Victoires de la Musique
* 13 February –
**Alain Juppé, Jacques Mézard and François Pillet are proposed to enter the Constitutional Council to replace Lionel Jospin, Michel Charasse and Jean-Jacques Hyest
** 25th Victoires de la musique classique
* 19 February – Alexandre Benalla is remanded for violating the judicial review he was subjected to.
* 22 February – 44th César Awards
* 24 February – Nearly 2000 hectares ravaged by 49 fire departures in less than 24 hours in Corsica.
* 25 February – The Secretary of State for the Digital Sector, Mounir Mahjoubi, reveals that an attack on the central Internet directory ICANN is underway.

March

* 2 March – Riots in Grenoble, due to the death of two teenagers riding a scooter who collided with a bus while being pursued by a police patrol.
* 12 March – Cargo ship ''Grande America'' sinks after catching fire on 10 March in the Bay of Biscay, approximately west of France, causing a 2,200-tonne oil spill.
* 16 March – Yellow vests movement: Protests against President Emmanuel Macron enter a fourth month in Paris. Tear gas is fired at protesters throwing stones at riot police in front of the Arc de Triomphe, news stands are torched at the Champs-Élysées, and a branch of Banque Tarneaud is burned. More than 80 arrests are made. Businesses around the Champs-Élysées are looted.
* 27 March – Nathalie Loiseau, Benjamin Griveaux and Mounir Mahjoubi leave the government.
* 31 March – Amélie de Montchalin, Sibeth Ndiaye and Cédric O enter the government to replace the previous three.

April

* 15 April – A major fire engulfs Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing.

May

* 14 May –
**National tribute to Cédric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello, soldiers killed during the fight of Gorom-Gorom.
**Beginning of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival
* 24 May – The explosion of a parcel bombed in Lyon injures 14 people.
* 26 May – 2019 European Parliament election

June

* 5 June – Valérie Pécresse, president of the Regional Council of Île-de-France and Robin Reda member of the French National Assembly for Essonne's 7th constituency quit The Republicans.
* 6 June – Commemorations mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
* 7 June –
** A SNSM boat capsizes in front of Les Sables d'Olonne during a rescue mission of a fisherman caught in the Storm Miguel. 3 rescuers and the fisherman drown.
** Aina Kuric, member of the French National Assembly for Marne's 2nd constituency, quits the LREM, having been a prominent critic of the asylum-immigration bill proposed by the government in July 2018, but stays within the LREM's parliamentary group.
** Beginning of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
* 9 June – A driver refuses to obey a check and hits 2 children in Lorient after a chase, one of whom dies of his injuries.
* 12 June – Sandrine Josso, member of the French National Assembly for Loire-Atlantique's 7th constituency, quits LREM and the LREM parliamentary group to join the Liberties and Territories group.
* 22 June – Steve Maia Caniço's case begins after the latter's disappearance following a police charge against a group of party-goers.
* 24 June – France is affected by the early European heat wave, absolute temperature records are beaten. Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard, Hérault

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