The streets are loud, the baguettes are hostage and the rats are running Paris now.

Everyone is asking what's happening in France. Simple: the rats got tired of living under the restaurants and moved upstairs. Beret on, baguette secured, Eiffel Tower annexed. Vive les rats.
Every rat in Paris owns a beret. It is the law now.
100% of the city's baguettes are held in cold storage under the Seine.
"What's happening in France" got the whole timeline asking. This is the answer.