France's government

European Union nations will try again on Wednesday to mold a coordinated approach on if and how authorities should check incoming airline passengers from China for any new COVID-19 variants after several member nations announced individual efforts over the past week.

The European Union is dispatching two flights to evacuate at least 350 healthy European citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan as a deadly new flu spreads in the region.

The 28-nation union activated a disaster-response mechanism to organize the flights at the request of France, which has a large number of citizens in the Wuhan region.

France's government is deploying nearly 100,000 police and soldiers for the holiday season as fears of extremist attacks remain high, according to Fox News. 

The additional security will focus on Christmas markets, shopping centers, religious buildings, public transport and tourist sites.

France's government has dropped plans to let its citizens abroad vote electronically in legislative elections in June because of concern about the risk of cyber attacks, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday, cited by Dnevnik.

The National Cybersecurity Agency believed there was an ''extremely high risk'' of cyber attacks. 

France's prime minister, Manuel Valls, said yesterday he will not commit blackmail by threatening to resign, as the government is facing opposition to pass the new labor reform. 

France's government is drawing up a new set of rules for theatres after Paris Opera ejected woman for wearing a veil during a performance, the institution's deputy director said Sunday.