2012 in France
Events from the year 2012 in France:Incumbents
January
- 11 January – French journalist Gilles Jacquier is killed in Homs, Syria after coming under fire whilst reporting the Syrian uprising for France 2. He is the first Western casualty of the conflict.
- 13 January – Standard & Poor's downgrades France's credit rating from AAA to AA+.
- 23 January – The Senate passes a bill criminalising the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
February
- 22 February – The term 'mademoiselle' is removed from official documents following a campaign by feminist organisations.
- 28 February – The Constitutional Council rules that the bill criminalising denial of the Armenian genocide infringes on freedom of speech, and is therefore unconstitutional. In response, Nicolas Sarkozy orders a redraft of the bill.
April
- April 22 – François Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy are selected as second round competitors in the 2012 French presidential election.
- May 6 – François Hollande is elected as the new president of France.
- May 15 – François Hollande is sworn in as president of France; he will serve only one term.
July
- Commission on renewal and ethics in public life is formed by François Hollande on.
Deaths
- 14 February - Henri-Germain Delauze, 82, engineer and diver, founder of COMEX
- 15 February - Jacques Duby, 89, actor
- 22 February - Rémi Ochlik, 28, photographer
- 25 February - Maurice André, 78, trumpeter
- 28 March - Eduard Steinberg, 76, painter
- 29 July - Chris Marker, 91, artist
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