2004 in France

Incumbents

January 2 - 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.
January 30 - Former French Prime Minister and current Mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppe is convicted of a party funding scam in the 1980s and early 1990s.
January 31 - Air France and British Airways cancel five upcoming US flights to Washington DC and Miami, Florida amid fears of Al-Qaida
February 10 - The French National Assembly votes to pass a law banning religious items and clothing from schools.
February 20 - The insecticide Regent (fipronil), from BASF, is banned in France for its implication in Pollinator decline.
March 1 - French troops are deployed to Haiti.
April 5 - Queen Elizabeth II begins a state visit to France in honour of the centennial of the Entente Cordiale. The following day, she is to address the French Senate.

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