French government offers compromise to end transport strike
January 12, 2020 | 11:18
France's government Saturday proposed a compromise to end a crippling transport strike against pension reform, with an offer to withdraw a key proposal on raising the retirement age, but trade unions gave the announcement a mixed welcome.
President Macron hosts Fed Cup winners at Elysee Palace 1
November 13, 2019 | 09:29
The French women's victorious tennis team was the toast of the presidential palace as Emmanuel Macron hosted the Fed Cup side on their return from Australia on Tuesday (Nov 12).
Frenchman, 84, charged over mosque attack
October 31, 2019 | 10:11
An octogenarian accused of wounding two men in a shooting at a mosque in southern France has been charged and ordered held in detention, the prosecutor's office said on Wednesday (Oct 30).
'France can't host everyone,' says Macron in new toughening of migration stance
September 25, 2019 | 16:56
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday (Sep 25) said France "cannot host everyone", intensifying his tough rhetoric on immigration.
Paris braces for massive metro strike over pension reform
September 13, 2019 | 16:34
Paris metro and other public transport workers were to walk off the job on Friday (Sep 13) for a huge one-day strike over President Emmanuel Macron's plan to overhaul France's retirement system.
Russia readmission divides leaders at G7
August 27, 2019 | 08:52
The future reintegration of Russia into the elite G7 group of the world's rich nations divided leaders at its summit in France on Monday (Aug 26), as President Donald Trump pushed for Moscow to be allowed back after its 2014 expulsion.
US, France reach agreement on digital taxes
August 27, 2019 | 08:45
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday (Aug 26) G7 members had reached an agreement on the taxation of tech giants, a long-standing subject of friction between France and the US which has threatened to retaliate with tariffs on French wines.
Five held in France for urging attacks on G7 police
August 21, 2019 | 14:01
French authorities arrested five people for encouraging attacks on a hotel slated to accommodate police during this weekend's G7 summit, sources said on Tuesday (Aug 20), as more than 13,000 members of the security forces prepared to deploy for the event.
EU partners warn Johnson against Brexit 'provocations'
July 27, 2019 | 09:31
Britain's European partners on Friday (Jul 26) warned Boris Johnson that his hardline Brexit stance was putting the UK on a "collision course" with the EU and called on the new premier to avoid "provocations".
Macron demands answers from Iran over academic's detention
July 16, 2019 | 09:14
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday (Jul 15) called on Tehran to explain why a Franco-Iranian academic based at a Paris university has been arrested in Iran, expressing concern for the woman's welfare.
European powers urge dialogue, end to escalation in Iran nuclear crisis
July 15, 2019 | 11:35
Three key European powers on Sunday (Jul 14) called for dialogue and an end to the escalation over Iran's nuclear programme, as tensions further intensified between Tehran and the United States.
Macron warns on 'capitalism gone mad' in ILO speech
June 12, 2019 | 09:38
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced "capitalism gone mad" in an address on Tuesday (Jun 11) to the UN's International Labour Organisation, while urging enhanced social protections in a global economy plagued by inequality.
Tree symbolising Trump-Macron friendship has died
June 10, 2019 | 16:59
The photo of Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron planting an oak tree in the garden of the White House symbolised the friendship shown by the two leaders.
Macron and Trump: 'Frenemies' in open disagreement
June 06, 2019 | 15:25
The last time French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Donald Trump in France, it turned into a diplomatic fiasco which underlined how once warm relations between the men had chilled to the point of freezing.
Macron and Le Pen in battle for EU's soul
May 26, 2019 | 18:44
The fight between President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen in Sunday's (May 26) European election in France mirrors a larger battle across the continent between competing visions of bloc's future.
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