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New French prime minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech during the handover ceremony, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron has named EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister after more than 50 days of caretaker government. | Photo Credit: AP Choosing conservative Michel Barnier as his Prime Minister, French…
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French President Emmanuel Macron (L) poses with European Commission Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier prior to their meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris, on January 31, 2020. Michel Barnier was named as France’s new Prime Minister. | Photo Credit: AFP President Emmanuel Macron named EU former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new Prime Minister…
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday (September 2, 2024) intensified efforts to find a new prime minister after almost two months of deadlock following inconclusive legislative elections, hosting two former presidents and two potential candidates. France has been without a permanent government since the July 7 polls, in which the left formed the largest faction…
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“I was absolutely unaware of Mr Durov’s arrival in France,” Emmanuel Macron said. French President Emmanuel Macron was not aware of Telegram owner Pavel Durov’s arrival in France on Saturday and had not been scheduled to meet him, he told a news conference on Thursday during a two-day visit in Serbia. “I was absolutely unaware…
Pavel Durov, 39, holds a French passport in addition to his Russian nationality. Paris: President Emmanuel Macron on Monday denied any political link to the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov as the tech tycoon spent a second day in French custody following his surprise arrest at a Paris airport. Numerous questions have been raised…
The grand state banquet held at the Palace of Versailles was attended by over 150 people An extravagant feast for King Charles has cost the French government a whopping $500,000 million (Rs 4 crore), an audit report has found. President Emmanuel Macron’s office planned a lavish spread during the monarch’s visit in September last year….
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In a development that has stunned most political observers, the New Popular Front (Nouveau Front Populaire, or NFP), a leftwing coalition, has won the most number of seats in France’s legislative elections that concluded on July 7. It secured 182 seats, defeating both President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance Ensemble (168), and the far-right National Rally…
After a shock defeat in France’s legislative elections, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) will double down on weeding out problematic candidates to counter successful efforts by mainstream parties to block the far right from power. Polls had suggested the RN would secure the most seats in the snap two-round election, which French President Emmanuel…
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Macron said that France will continue to support Ukraine “as long as necessary.” Washington: US President Joe Biden was “in charge” and on top of matters at a NATO summit with fellow leaders in Washington, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday. “I was able to talk with President Biden at length yesterday at dinner,” Macron…
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File picture of CGT union secretary general Sophie Binet. File | Photo Credit: AP With just 15 days before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, a leader of a major French union on July 11 called for mass strikes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into “respecting the results” of recent legislative elections and…