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Macron’s EU charm offensive stops at Eastern Europe
BRUSSELS â Central and Eastern Europe clearly didn’t get the memo about “Macron-mania.” French President Emmanuel Macron earned a rockstar’s welcome at his Brussels debut, telling a packed press...
View ArticleBundesbank chief: Macron’s policies won’t fix Europe’s problems
PARIS â French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to pool eurozone resources would make the bloc’s problems worse instead of solving them, said German Central Bank chief Jens Weidmann. Macron was...
View ArticleHamburg police fears ‘violence’ during G20, bolsters security
PARIS â Police in the German city of Hamburg fear “violence” from far-left and Turkish groups during an upcoming G20 summit and will deploy thousands of additional officers to fend off rioting,...
View ArticleFrench ex-defense minister Goulard earned $300,000 with US consulting...
PARIS â Former French defense minister Sylvie Goulard, who stepped down this week, earned $300,000 over three years thanks a consulting contract with a United States-based think tank, the JDD weekly...
View ArticleFrance’s Socialists choose to oppose Macron government
PARIS â France’s Socialist Party will not vote in favor of a motion of confidence in Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s government in early July, its leadership decided, placing it clearly in the...
View ArticleFrench In the loop June 28: des nouveaux parlementaires
Cette semaine Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Briançon parlent des nouveaux parlementaires et Macron-Trump.
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Emmanuel Macron vs unions vs other unions
PARIS â France’s powerful trade unions and left-wing political forces are planning to stand up to President Emmanuel Macron as he seeks to overhaul labor rules â just not yet. A trade union leader...
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UK slated to lead EU military mission — after Brexit
LONDON â Add the future of a flagship EU military initiative to the uncertainty caused by Brexit. Under current plans, Britain is due to provide most of the 1,500 soldiers for an EU battlegroup, aÂ...
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Alpha males Trump and Macron stand shoulder-to-shoulder
PARIS â Forget about another bone-crushing handshake between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron. When the U.S. president visits Paris this week, he will face an even greater display of French...
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5 areas where France and Germany can’t agree
PARIS â Emmanuel Macron’s rise to power is rekindling the Franco-German relationship â at least on the surface. When Angela Merkel gave her support for plans to develop a European fighter jet in...
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Macron faces summer of discontent as top general quits
The pushback against Emmanuel Macron has begun. The angry resignation of a top general Wednesday is just one of the multiple domestic crises threatening to bring the French president’s honeymoon to...
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New minister decries loss of French influence in EU
PARIS â France’s new minister for European affairs decried Thursday a loss of French influence in Brussels and said Paris needs to make daily efforts to ramp up staffing at all levels of EU...
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Macron aide lashes out at rebellious ex-army chief
PARIS â French President Emmanuel Macron’s spokesman accused a former top general Friday of staging his own ouster to damage the government’s credibility in a broader row over budget cuts. Pierre de...
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Le Pen’s soul-searching: 5 key issues for her party
PARIS â French far-right chief Marine Le Pen is meeting her top lieutenants for a 2-day seminar to discuss where her party went wrong and what needs to change. The gathering at party HQ in Nanterre...
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Emmanuel Macron’s popularity plummets amid budget outcry
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron, who compared himself to the Roman god Jupiter, is coming down to earth, fast. In the third month of his presidency, the French President’s approval score (the difference...
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German leaders must stop dictating terms, says Martin Schulz
PARIS â German leaders must stop dictating terms to other European countries and show more solidarity, said Martin Schulz, the main challenger to Angela Merkel in Germany’s parliamentary election...
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France, Germany urge cease-fire in Ukraine as violence flares
PARIS â The leaders of France and Germany called Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, where violence flared again in July despite years of attempts to stop the conflict. Warning of...
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7 magic Macron PR moments
PARIS â Three months into his term, Emmanuel Macron faces a problem that other world leaders would love to have: he may be too PR-savvy for his own good. Counseled by image wizards Sibeth Ndiaye and...
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France to temporarily nationalize STX shipyard
PARIS â France is to temporarily nationalize its biggest shipyard, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday, after a clash with Rome over an Italian firm’s offer to buy it. In the first major...
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Gérald Darmanin, France’s new (and improved) Sarkozy
PARIS â The next leader of France’s conservative establishment could well be a fiercely ambitious young man with an immigrant background and zero qualms about betraying his own camp. In other...
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