2022 in France

Events in the year 2022 in France.

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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in France

February

14 February - Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque explosion

March

April

10 April - The first round of the 2022 French presidential election is held.^[2]
24 April - The second round of the 2022 French presidential election is held and incumbent president Emmanuel Macron is reelected, defeating Marine Le Pen.^[3]^[4]^[5]

November

3 November - during the government question period, National Rally deputy Grégoire de Fournas interrupts Black deputy Carlos Martens Bilongo's remarks on the situation of migrants on the SOS Méditerranée ship Ocean Viking, shouting "go back to Africa!" De Fournas's outburst was deemed racist, though it was unclear whether he was referring to Bilongo or the African migrants.^[7]^[8]^[9] The president of the National Assembly suspended parliament. De Fournas received a 15-day ban from the National Assembly and had his pay docked.^[10]
5 November - Jordan Bardella is elected president of National Rally, ending Le Pen era as president of the party.^[11]

December

Singer Lissandro wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia, performing the song "Oh maman!"
Éric Ciotti is elected president of the Republicans.
23 December - 2022 Paris shooting

Deaths

This section needs to be updated. (February 2022)

January

1 January
- Roger-Xavier Lantéri, journalist (b. 1930)^[12]
- Pierre Parsus, painter and illustrator (b. 1921)^[13]
- Jean-Charles Terrassier, French psychologist. (b. 1940)^[14]
3 January
- Igor Bogdanoff, television presenter and academic fraudster (Bogdanov affair) (b. 1942)^[15]
- Daniel Colliard, French politician, deputy (1993–1997). (b. 1930)^[16]
- Claude Taittinger, businessman, director of Taittinger (b. 1927)^[17]
5 January – Anatole Novak, road bicycle racer (b. 1937)^[18]
7 January – José Évrard, politician, deputy (b. 1945)^[19]

March

17 March – Jean-Pierre Demailly, mathematician (b. 1957)^[20]

May

29 May – Ariel Besse, actress (b. 1965)^[21]

August

11 August – Jean-Jacques Sempé, cartoonist (Le Petit Nicolas) (b. 1932)^[22]

September

13 September — Jean-Luc Gudard, film director (b. 1930)

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