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Anger at Macron mounts as French unions hold new protests

Large crowds in Paris and other French cities took to the streets in the first mass demonstrations since President Emmanuel Macron inflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age bill through parliament without a vote.Strikes upended travel in...

French stirs drag on after Macron’s pension plan push

French garbage collectors, refinery workers and others were striking again on Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force the divisive bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through without a vote in parliament.Paris police said Tuesday...

Don’t forget Napoleon: Russia tells Macron over regime change remark

Russia on Sunday scolded Emmanuel Macron over remarks about wanting to see Russia defeated, saying Moscow still remembered the fate of Napoleon Bonaparte and accusing the French president of duplicitous diplomacy with the Kremlin, reports Reuters.Macron told paper Le...

India can mobilise world to address issues: Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership can mobilise the world to address the “tremendous issue” of Russian aggression against Ukraine.“We are working for the success of India’s G-20 Presidency in a...

France, Israel agree to deepen strategic partnership

French President Emmanuel Macron and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries and strengthen bilateral relationship in all areas, the Elysee said in a statement on Friday.During a working dinner...

Stir in France over pension reforms

At least 1.1 million people protested on the streets of Paris and other French cities amid nationwide strikes against plans to raise the retirement age, but President Emmanuel Macron insisted he would press ahead with the proposed pension reforms.Emboldened...

Macron ‘immensely proud’ that France in World Cup final

French President Emmanuel Macron said he was “immensely proud” that France reached the World Cup final after he traveled to Qatar to watch the team’s win over Morocco in the semifinals.Macron sat beside FIFA president Gianni Infantino during the...

Donors meet in Paris to get Ukraine through winter

Dozens of countries and international organisations were throwing their weight behind a fresh and urgent push Tuesday to keep Ukraine powered, fed, warm and moving in the face of sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions into the...

Macron faces setback to reform agenda after losing assembly majority

President Emmanuel Macron made history in the French legislative elections on Sunday, just not in the way he hoped.The 44-year-old centrist became the first president in decades to fail to garner an absolute majority in parliament, falling short of...

EU leaders in Kyiv decry Russian brutality

Four European leaders made a high-profile visit to show their support for Ukraine on Thursday, denouncing the brutality of the Russian invasion as they surveyed the ruins of a Kyiv suburb that was the scene of intense fighting early...