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French PM Barnier says he will name his government next week

September 11, 2024 admin

New French Prime Minister Michel Barnier. | Photo Credit: AP French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) that he will form his new government next week, potentially capping one period of political uncertainty ahead of a likely fight over the 2025 budget. President Emmanuel Macron picked Mr. Barnier, a 73-year-old conservative…

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Macron aims to thwart French far right in election runoff

July 1, 2024 admin

France’s President Emmanuel Macron leaves the polling booth prior to cast his vote in the first round of parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on June 30, 2024. A divided France is voting in high-stakes parliamentary elections that could see the anti-immigrant and eurosceptic party of Marine Le Pen sweep…

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‘Ground operations in Kyiv are possible at some point’

March 18, 2024 admin

(from left) Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Donald Tusk at a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on March 15. | Photo Credit: AFP French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published on March 16 evening that Western ground operations in Ukraine might be necessary “at some point”, days after meeting with German…

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