2022 in France

Events in the year 2022 in France.

Incumbents

 * President – Emmanuel Macron (REM)
 * Prime Minister – Jean Castex (REM) until May 16, Élisabeth Borne (REM) from May 16
 * Government – Borne government

Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in France

February

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

March

 * 9 March - 2022 Corsica unrest
 * 20 March - 2022 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election, 2022 Saint Barthélemy Territorial Council election, 2022 Saint Martin Territorial Council election, 2022 Saint Pierre and Miquelon legislative election

April

 * 10 April - The first round of the 2022 French presidential election is held.
 * 24 April - The second round of the 2022 French presidential election is held and incumbent president Emmanuel Macron is reelected, defeating Marine Le Pen.

May

 * 16 May - Prime minister Jean Castex resigns and president Macron appoints Minister of Labour, Employment and Economic Inclusion Élisabeth Borne to replace him.

June

 * 2022 French legislative election

July

 * 12 July onwards - 2022 Gironde wildfires

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.  The president of the National Assembly suspended parliament. De Fournas received a 15-day ban from the National Assembly and had his pay docked.
 * 5 November - Jordan Bardella is elected president of National Rally, ending Le Pen era as president of the party.

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

January

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

March

 * 17 March – Jean-Pierre Demailly, mathematician (b. 1957)

May

 * 29 May – Ariel Besse, actress (b. 1965)

August

 * 11 August – Jean-Jacques Sempé, cartoonist (Le Petit Nicolas) (b. 1932)

Country overviews

 * History of France
 * History of modern France
 * Outline of France
 * Government of France
 * Politics of France
 * Years in France
 * Timeline of France history
 * List of French films of 2022

Related timelines for current period

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