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2004 in France
Summary
Events from the year 2004 in France.
President – Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister – Jean-Pierre Raffarin
3 January – Flash Airlines Flight 604 headed for Cairo crashes into the Red Sea. All 148 people on board are killed, of whom more than 120 were French tourists.
30 January – Former Prime Minister and current Mayor of Bordeaux, Alain Juppe, is convicted of a party funding scam in the 1980s and early 1990s.
31 January – Air France and British Airways cancel five upcoming US flights to Washington, D.C., and Miami, Florida, amid fears of Al-Qaida.
10 February – The French National Assembly votes to pass a law banning religious items and clothing from schools.
20 February – The insecticide Regent (fipronil), from BASF, is banned in France for its implication in pollinator decline.
1 March – French troops are deployed to Haiti.
21–28 March – Regional elections held, in which the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat.
5 April – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, begins a state visit to France in honour of the centennial of the Entente Cordiale. The following day, she addresses the French Senate.
23 April – The last coal mine in France closes, La Houve near Creutzwald, ending nearly 300 years of coal mining.
23 May – A section of the ceiling in Terminal 2E at Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport collapses, claiming at least 6 lives.
27 May – Peugeot launches the 407 range of sedans, estates and coupes. It replaces the successful 406.
8 June – The pickled heart of Louis XVII of France is buried in the royal crypt at Saint-Denis.
13 June – European Parliament election in France.
July – France released five of six suspects after their repatriation from Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.
26 September – Senate election held.
6 November – Clash between the armed forces of Côte d'Ivoire and French peacekeepers takes place (see: 2004 Ivorian-French violence).
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