The festival has historically served as a backdrop for protest, but authorities are determined to stamp out any trouble before it has even started amid ongoing unrest over pension reforms nationwide.
Edwy Plenel, founder of investigative news site Mediapart, claimed that while dining out at a restaurant in Paris, Ms Besco approached his table before spitting directly in his face.
A mini edition of the music conference Midem took place in Cannes last week, basically relaunching the brand and setting out a plan for 2024 and beyond. Midem, of course, had been a fixture of the music industry calendar for more than five decades when – in 2021 – its owner, RX France, announced that it […]