# 2025 in France

Events in the year 2025 in France.

## Incumbents

* President: Emmanuel Macron
* Prime Minister: François Bayrou

## Events
### January

* 6 January –
** The first case of clade 1b mpox in France is discovered from a patient in Brittany who came into contact with persons who had travelled to central Africa.
** President Emmanuel Macron states that France was right to intervene militarily in the African Sahel against Islamist militants, and states that he is still waiting for the Sahel states to "thank" France while also denying that the French military was forced out of the region.
* 11 January – Two trams collide in Strasbourg-Ville station, injuring 68 people.
* 15 January – A wildfire breaks out in Amsterdam Island in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, forcing the evacuation of all 31 residents. By 10 February, 45% of the island's area is affected.
* 16 January – Prime Minister François Bayrou survives a no-confidence motion filed by La France Insoumise in the National Assembly.
* 24 January –
** Pakistani national Zaheer Mahmood is convicted of attempted murder and terrorist conspiracy for carrying out the 2020 Paris stabbing attack and is sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment.
** Indonesia and France sign an agreement to repatriate French national Serge Atlaoui, who has been in death row since 2007 in an Indonesian prison following a conviction for drug smuggling.
* 29 January – Four Norwegian skiers are killed in an avalanche at Val-Cenis in the French Alps.

### February

* 1 February – Three people are killed in a fire at a retirement home in Bouffémont.
* 3 February – Prime Minister François Bayrou passes his government's annual budget after bypassing a vote in the National Assembly through special constitutional powers.
* 5 February –
** Serge Atlaoui is repatriated to France as part of the bilateral agreement with Indonesia signed on 24 January.
** Prime Minister Bayrou survives a no-confidence motion filed against him in the National Assembly over his passage of the 2025 budget.
* 10 February – Prime Minister Bayrou survives a second no-confidence motion filed against him in the National Assembly over his passage of the 2025 budget.
* 12 February
** 2025 Grenoble attack – Twelve people are injured in a grenade attack on a bar in Grenoble.
** The WEST tokamak is reported to have maintained plasma for 1,337 seconds, a new world record duration for nuclear fusion and 25% longer than a similar effort by China the previous month.
* 13 February – The National Assembly votes in favor of a measure banning single-use electronic cigarettes.
* 22 February –
** One person is killed in a knife attack in Mulhouse.
** Fugitive Mohamed Amra, who escaped in an incident that left two prison guards dead in May 2024, is arrested in Romania. He is extradited to France on 25 February.
* 24 February – Three molotov cocktails are thrown at the Russian consulate in Marseille. No injuries are reported.
* 26 February – Brahim Aouissaoui is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for carrying out the 2020 Nice stabbing.
* 28 February – Cyclone Garance makes landfall in Réunion, killing one person and leaving two others missing.

### March

* 12 March –
** The National Assembly votes to remove sitting and standing as a voting method in the chamber following a proposal co-created by MP Sébastien Peytavie, who is wheelchair-bound.
** Jean-Pierre Maldera, a former mafia boss, is shot dead along the A41 autoroute in Grenoble.

### Predicted and scheduled events

* 14 – 15 June – 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans
* 5 – 27 July – 2025 Tour de France
* TBA – 2025 BWF World Championships in Paris

## Holidays

Source:
* 1 January – New Year's Day
* 18 April – Good Friday†
* 20 April – Easter
* 21 April – Easter Monday
* 1 May – International Workers' Day
* 8 May – Victory Day
* 29 May – Ascension Day
* 8 June – Whit Sunday
* 9 June – Whit Monday
* 14 July – Bastille Day
* 15 August – Assumption Day
* 1 November – All Saints' Day
* 11 November – Armistice Day
* 25 December – Christmas Day
* 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day†
†Good Friday and St Stephen's Day are observed in Alsace and Moselle only

## Deaths
### January

* 1 January:
** Jean-Michel Defaye, 92, composer and pianist.
** Louis Schittly, 86, physician and humanitarian (Médecins Sans Frontières).
* 3 January: La Chunga, 87, French-born Spanish flamenco dancer and painter.
* 4 January: Claude Allègre, 87, geochemist and politician, minister of national education (1997–2000).
* 5 January:
** Benoît Allemane, 82, voice actor.
** Anne-Marie Comparini, 77, politician, deputy (2002–2007) and president of Rhône-Alpes (1999–2004).
** Freddy Zix, 89, footballer (Pierrots Vauban Strasbourg, RC Strasbourg, 1968 Olympics).
* 7 January:
** Jean-Marie Le Pen, 96, founder of the Front National.
** Lim Kimya, 73, French-Cambodian politician, MP (2013–2018).
* 8 January: Gabriel de Broglie, 93, historian, chancellor of the Institut de France (2006–2017) and member of the Académie Française.
* 10 January:
** Roger Lebranchu, 102, Olympic rower (1948).
** Jean-Luc Petitrenaud, 74, food critic and television host.
* 17 January: Didier Guillaume, 65, senator (2008–2018), minister of agriculture and food (2018–2020), minister of state of Monaco (since 2024).
* 20 January: Bertrand Blier, 85, film director.
* 21 January: Valérie André, 102, neurosurgeon, aviator and army general.
* 22 January: Gabriel Yacoub, 72, folk musician (Malicorne).

### February

* 3 February: Stéphane Picq, 59, video game music composer (Dune, MegaRace, Lost Eden).
* 6 February: Paul-Loup Sulitzer, 78, financier and author.
* 7 February: Naâman, 34, reggae singer.