Tag: emmanuel macron
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Russia to open ‘humanitarian routes’ to Ukraine, but fears persist
Kyiv (AFP) – Russia planned to open humanitarian corridors in Ukraine on Tuesday for civilians to flee besieged cities, but Kiev insisted the move was a ... -
Zelensky calls for closing “the sky” for Russian missiles, planes and helicopters
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, chairs a Defense Council at the Elysée Palace in Paris on Monday.” class=”Image-p11edh-0 gubAgz”/>French President Emmanuel Macron, center, chairs a Defense ... -
Where is Voltaire? mystery of the Parisian statue solved | France
What would the City of Lights be without one of its Enlightenment lights? For 18 months, worried Parisians have been missing a statue of the philosopher ... -
The French left is not finding the right path as the presidential election approaches
PARIS — With presidential elections fast approaching, the French left is once again in tatters. Half a dozen contenders – totaling just over a quarter of ... -
Valérie Pécresse promises a return to budgetary discipline for the French presidency
French presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse has said people will have to work harder and the government will spend less if she wins the April election and ... -
News from Russia: EU unable to stand up to Putin, warns former Trump adviser Bolton | World | News
Nord Stream 2 should be ‘cut’, says John Bolton Mr Bolton, who was nominated by former President Donald Trump in 2018, leaving his post 16 months ... -
White House warnings on Russia strain Ukraine-US partnership
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials on Friday sharply criticized the Biden administration for its ominous warnings of an impending Russian attack, saying they had unnecessarily raised ... -
Melania Trump’s hat auction hit by cryptocurrency plunge
Melania Trump’s much-discussed online auction, featuring a hat she wore at the White House during a 2018 visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, is turning into ... -
France’s proposed law banning the hijab in sport is odious and harmful
This is a column by Shireen Ahmed, who writes opinions for CBC Sports. For more information on CBC Opinion Sectionplease consult the FAQs. As I watched ... -
Crisis in Ukraine: Putin the player may have gone too far to back down
Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved to escalate tensions with Ukraine in recent months by placing a huge and unprecedented Russian military force on its borders ... -
French group Permanent Revolution blocks fight against Macron’s mass infection policy
As teachers and students rally in the United States, France, Italy, Greece and beyond against official pandemic protocols, the Permanent Revolution a group linked to the ... -
Omicron begins French support for Macron: Ifop poll for the JDD
(Bloomberg) – French President Emmanuel Macron, who is set to seek re-election in April, is losing support following the latest spike in Covid cases in the ... -
Analysis: Electoral risk? No panic for bond investors in Italy and France
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi addresses the lower house of parliament in Rome, Italy, January 11, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo Join now for FREE unlimited access ... -
French teachers launch day-long strike against Macron’s COVID-19 policy
Today, French teachers are staging a one-day nationwide strike against French President Emmanuel Macron‘s government and its school health protocols for COVID-19. School inspectors and nurses ... -
Virus forces changes in Vegas gadget collection
LAS VEGAS – CES’s annual gadget convention will last three days instead of four amid an increase in COVID-19 cases and the withdrawal of some of ... -
It’s packaging: the French ban on plastic packaging for fruits and vegetables begins | France
A law banning plastic packaging for a large number of fruits and vegetables goes into effect in France on New Year’s Day, to end what the ... -
A movement to unify the French left could be his last chance for the elections
PARIS – The dismal state of the French left ahead of the April presidential elections was best summed up in a series of recent phone calls ... -
How France lost Mali: failure to quell the jihadist threat opens the door to Russia
Upon his arrival in the Saharan Malian city of Timbuktu in 2013 to celebrate his liberation from the Islamists with the help of French forces, then ... -
New Caledonia says “no” to independence
NOUMÉA, New Caledonia – New Caledonia, a small group of islands in the South Pacific, will not mark the new year by becoming the youngest country ... -
French socialist Hidalgo calls for left-wing primary to nominate presidential candidate
Published on: 12/08/2021 – 10:42 PM The choice of the French Socialist Party to run for president on Wednesday called on left-wing parties to rally to ... -
Valérie Pécresse: the ‘bulldozer’ who would be the first woman president of France | France
When Valérie Pécresse crossed rural France this summer, visiting farms and villages to escape what she called her grotesquely unfair image of the “bourgeois blonde” of ... -
The French army in the face of growing protests in the Sahel
Published on: 11/30/2021 – 4:32 PM Bamako (AFP) – France’s military engagement in the Sahel faces growing opposition in the region, with protests once isolated from ... -
French justice will investigate sexual assault charges against Nicolas Hulot
The Paris prosecutor’s office is due to investigate a former French environment minister under President Emmanuel Macron into allegations of rape and sexual assault, after several ... -
Italy and France make amends with a treaty – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article ROME – After a few years of stormy transalpine relations, Italy and France are putting their differences behind them ... -
France’s yellow vests prepare to take to the streets amid third year of protests
As the demonstrations of the yellow vests that shook France are entering their third year, the demonstrators are preparing to take to the streets on Saturday. ... -
Michel Barnier in the spotlight of the French elections as the turn to the right bears fruit | Michel barnier
IAt a thriving western Paris restaurant, fans of former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier gathered to hear their hero speak, cheering on the mild-mannered 70-year-old who ... -
White House calls Harris “vital partner” after report
The White House defended Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday night, calling her a “vital partner” after CNN reported there were tensions between Harris’s office and ... -
Without saying it, Macron launches his candidacy for re-election – the Durango Herald
Prime-time speech to the nation by French President Emmanuel Macron was a lot like launching a re-election campaign LE PECQ, France (AP) – “I am running ... -
Vandalism at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Condemned | Crime-and-Courts
KELSEY LANDIS Belleville News-Democrat Vandals dumped or damaged free vintage products in bathrooms at the University of Southern Illinois in Edwardsville, which was condemned Thursday. Alestle ... -
Video shows Greta Thunberg assaulted at Glasgow station ahead of COP26 climate summit
Greta Thunberg seen at Glasgow Central Station in Glasgow, Scotland on October 30, 2021. REUTERS / Yves Herman World leaders travel to Glasgow, Scotland for the ... -
Coal-producing countries balk at calls to exit the G20 – POLITICO
ROME – A group of coal users and exporters blocks G20 efforts to call for an end to coal use – what organizers hoped to send ... -
Emmanuel Macron: the Yellow Vests movement is the president’s “Achilles healer” | World | New
Speaking to Express.co.uk, James Shields, professor of French politics at the University of Warwick, explained how the group known as the “Yellow Vests” movement because of ... -
Billionaire conservative Vincent Bolloré tightens his grip on French media
When reporters from the French weekly Journal du Dimanche gathered at an editorial meeting to discuss the brutal ousting of headline editor Hervé Gattegno this week, ... -
Brexit has worsened UK supply crisis vis-à-vis the EU, says French minister
The UK’s supply chain problems have been much more intense than those suffered in the EU as a result of Brexit, a senior French minister said. ... -
G7 panel calls for change in global economic governance ahead of G20 and Cop26
The G7 Economic Resilience Panel called for a significant change in economic governance to better prepare global economies for the next crisis. Under Britain’s G7 presidency, ... -
Update on the latest cases: | Missouri
FINANCIAL MARKETS Stocks falter ahead of corporate earnings and inflation data NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks falter on Wall Street as traders wait for more inflation ... -
A misleading sub-agreement increases the risks
PARIS (AP) – The French ambassador to Australia has said Australian officials lied to his face and increased the risk of confrontation in Asia by reaching ... -
The rights of American decline
Democrats scramble to find an argument, any argument, that sells their $ 5,000 billion spending plan to a skeptical public. The latest and surprising attempt is ... -
Boris Johnson: Brexit hero under pressure
Published on: 06/10/2021 – 03:20Amended: 06/10/2021 – 03:18 London (AFP) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has long defied political gravity, but hopes his signature optimism can ... -
Blinken, in Paris, tries to restore confidence after submarine snob
PARIS – Step by step, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Tuesday sought to restore confidence between the United States and France following a secret ... -
Marine Le Pen’s woes worsen as her French far-right rival overwhelms her
Receive free updates on the French presidential election We will send you a MyFT Daily Summary email gathering every morning the news of the French presidential ... -
Emmanuel Macron humiliated while Merkel “is content to claim that France is more influential than it is” | World | New
President Biden calls Emmanuel Macron after AUKUS controversy The French president has, in recent weeks, made his weight on the world political scene. He reacted with ... -
Should the French Greens turn to Germany for advice on electoral success?
Green candidates for the French presidency often strive to prove that they are radical enough for the party base. But the German “Grünen” have long opted ... -
France pledges support for new Lebanese prime minister
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the new Lebanese Prime Minister to the presidential palace on Friday, wishing him success and promising that France would ... -
“Eco-feminist” shocks French politics in the race for the Greens’ presidency | World news
Its radical “punk ecology” won the support of left activists and was attacked by the far right as dangerous for the French nation. But Sandrine Rousseau, ... -
The Submarine Row marks the dawn of Franco-British rivalry
“It’s a stab in the back. We had established a relationship of trust with Australia, and this trust was betrayed, â€French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian ... -
Two Afghans who trekked in France have lessons for evacuees
PARIS – One slept in the streets of Paris, the other in a huge makeshift migrant camp in northern France. Nassrullah Youssoufi and Abdul Wali were ... -
EUROPEAN MIDDAY BRIEFING: Fall in stocks in China -2-
The Universal Music Group spin-off by Vivendi SE, expected on Tuesday, will leave the French conglomerate deprived of its most lucrative business and test the market’s ... -
The socialist mayor of Paris candidate for the French presidential election
PARIS, France: Socialist mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo has said she will run in the 2022 French presidential election, despite polls showing she is unlikely to ... -
Iraq in Mosul struggles to rebuild itself without funds
Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) Iraqi trader Ahmad Riad is once again busy serving customers in a Mosul market four years after the city was destroyed in fighting ... -
French President Emmanuel Macron to pay first official visit to Dublin
French President Emmanuel Macron is making his first official visit to Ireland on Thursday. He is due to undertake a day-long visit to Dublin which will ... -
British holidaymakers in France will need a Covid pass to visit the Eiffel Tower and other attractions
British holidaymakers will need a Covid pass to visit the Eiffel Tower and other top tourist attractions in France as concern grows about variants of the ... -
France passes climate law, but critics say it fails
PARIS – France on Tuesday adopted a far-reaching law to fight climate change, creating a series of bans, incentives and quotas on transport, housing and consumption ... -
France and South Pacific Countries Fight “Predatory” Fishing as China Expands Reach
LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP / POOL / AFP via Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France and countries ... -
France The Covid health pass will probably be necessary in large shopping centers
The French will probably only have to present their Covid-19 health pass before entering large shopping centers of more than 20,000 m2, according to the government; ... -
France clears visitors with Indian-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Visitors take in the view from the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Friday, July 16, 2021. The Eiffel Tower reopened on Friday for the first time ... -
EU to adopt sanctions regime against Lebanese leaders, France says
PARIS, July 12 (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday agreed to adopt a sanctions regime for Lebanese leaders by the end of July, France said, ... -
Paris obtains a new JPMorgan commercial hub in the post-Brexit push
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday inaugurated JPMorgan’s new shopping center in Paris, as France advocates for more banking jobs and tries to ... -
France, US agree on dangers of rising China, says Blinken
PARIS – Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, speaking in an interview after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, said the United States and France were ... -
The French far right suffers a setback in the regional vote | Voice of America
PARIS – The booming far-right in Europe has recently suffered setbacks – in the German state of Saxony, in eastern Germany, where the ruling conservatives of ... -
As France chase Euro title, league faces $ 400 million hole
French football’s new televised deal was supposed to save the league and its clubs from financial collapse. Instead, it maybe made a bad situation worse. Shortly ... -
Marine Le Pen on the verge of winning the regional elections | France
France votes in the first round of regional elections which could see Marine Le Pen’s far-right party progress and become more integrated into the political stream. ... -
Le Pen hopes the French regional vote will give him a taste for power
French voters went to the polls on Sunday for regional elections that could give Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally a taste of power ahead of ... -
Sissi meets the French Minister of the Economy
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire on Sunday to discuss bilateral relations and ways to maximize ... -
Biden urges G-7 allies for bolder front against China
President Biden and his Group of 7 allies focused on an effort on Saturday to unify the world‘s leading democracies in a new endeavor to reduce ... -
Review: Meritocracy is a Myth
Prince Charles watches a play during a visit to Eton College near Windsor, Britain June 9, 2015. REUTERS / Steve Parsons / Pool In the 18th ... -
Corruption risks in the Balkans derail EU enlargement | Voice of America
European Union leaders are scheduled in the coming weeks to once again discuss the progress of long-stalled requests from Balkan states to join the bloc. But ... -
Popularity of far-right topics on CNews in France sparks electoral concern | France
CNews, the Paris-based news channel whose heated debates over crime and immigration have led critics to call it “French Fox News,” reached record audiences this month, ... -
Investments needed to make Africa a champion of economic growth
Dear South African comrade, Last week, media around the world broadcast heartbreaking footage of a young boy adrift off the coast of the Spanish enclave of ... -
How important is the abolition of ENA, the elite French school for the end of studies?
The ENA, which Charles de Gaulle created in 1945 as a meritocratic school to put an end to nepotism and the aristocratic hold on senior civil ... -
Watching the Islamist fight, France supports the military takeover of Chad
France defended the Chadian army’s takeover on Thursday after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby presented Paris with an uncomfortable choice: to support an unconstitutional ... -
Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Cases Continue Downward Trend
Germany’s first nationwide lockdown rules are expected to come into effect on Saturday, as the government seeks to harmonize the country’s response to the current spike ... -
Let’s rebuild the port of Beirut in lower than three years, says Frenchman CMA CGM
PARIS (Reuters) – French container transport group CMA CGM is pursuing a plan to rebuild the port of Beirut inside three years, regardless of the political ...
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