Tag: French President Emmanuel Macron

Macron’s camp seeks allies, says ‘it’s going to be complicated’ after election rout

Summary Macron’s camp fails to win absolute majority in parliament Will now seek alliances with other parties Risk of political paralysis if no deals PARIS, June 20 – President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist camp scrambled on Monday to secure support from rivals to salvage some of its reform agenda […]

EXPLAINER: Why would world leaders balk at giving Putin DNA?

If knowledge is power, knowing the intimate secrets of one’s DNA could be a powerful weapon. That might explain why the world leaders who hastened to Moscow in recent days for diplomatic talks seemed to balk at Russian-administered coronavirus tests. But this may be a case where imagination […]

France’s Macron says Australia PM lied over submarine deal

SYDNEY, Nov 1 – French President Emmanuel Macron said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to him over the cancellation of a submarine building contract in September, and indicated more efforts were required to rebuild trust between the two allies. In Rome for the G20 summit, the two leaders were […]

France questioned Australia’s commitment to submarine deal in June – source

PARIS, Sept 20 – France began doubting Australia’s commitment to a $40 billion submarine order in June and President Emmanuel Macron was only informed by Canberra of the deal’s collapse in writing hours before it was announced, a French presidency official said. The official said there had been […]

Suspect in teacher’s beheading in France was Chechen teen

PARIS — A suspect shot dead by police after the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in an attack near Paris was an 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee, officials said Saturday. France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said authorities investigating the killing of Samuel Paty in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on Friday also arrested […]

Friendly kissing poses European dilemma as virus spreads

MILAN — When French President Emmanuel Macron leaned in to give Premier Giuseppe Conte the Italian double-cheek kiss not once, but on two separate occasions, during a Franco-Italian summit in Naples this week, it was much more than a greeting. It was a signal to citizens not to […]

Russia will ‘keep trying to destabilise’ Western democracies: Macron

Munich, Feb 15: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday warned that Russia would continue to try to “destabilise” Western democracies through election interference, social media manipulation and other acts of cyber warfare. “I think that Russia will keep trying to destabilise, either through private actors, directly through its agencies, […]

Macron urges ‘credible, lasting’ Libya ceasefire

Paris, Jan 13: French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a credible and lasting ceasefire in Libya, his office said on Monday, as the main players in the conflict prepare to sign a truce. “The president emphasised the necessity that the ceasefire that is to be announced is credible, […]

Macron G-7 gamble points to ‘roadmap’ out of US-Iran morass

BIARRITZ, France — The surprise invitation of Iran’s foreign minister on the sidelines of the G-7 summit offers a “roadmap” to end a U.S.-Iran nuclear impasse and a proposed meeting between the leaders of the two countries, France’s president said Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to agree, […]

France’s Macron announces creation of a space force command

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced the creation of a new national military space force command that would eventually be part of his country’s air force. The declaration — made on the eve of France’s Bastille Day national celebrations that feature a military parade down Paris’s Champs-Elysees […]

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