Tag: Emmanuel Macron

Johnson to hold Brexit talks with Macron after Merkel offers glimmer...

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Paris on Thursday, a day after Berlin offered a glimmer of hope that an agreement could be...

France opposes further Brexit delay in absence of ‘clear’ plan

France opposes giving Britain an additional extension to its exit from the European Union unless it produces a “clear” plan with “credible political backing",...

French protesters rail against Macron’s fuel taxes with road blocks

PARIS: Thousands of French protesters hit out at higher fuel taxes and President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies in demonstrations across motorways on Saturday, sparking...

Macron slams calls to halt arms sales to Saudi as populist

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday dismissed as “demagoguery” the calls by several European countries including Germany to suspend arms sales to Saudi...

Trump and France’s Macron to discuss Iran, trade

WASHINGTON: After a friendly dinner at a US landmark, US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron were to get down to...

Macron’s ‘strong relationship’ with Trump under test

When France´s ambassador to Washington told American officials last July that he was heading to Paris and would shortly see President Emmanuel Macron, one...

Macron urges Putin to bring his influence to bear in Syria

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia’s Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Friday, with Macron calling on Russia to use its influence to...

France to spend $1.8 billion on AI to compete with US,...

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron promised 1.5 billion euros ($1.85 billion) of public funding into artificial intelligence by 2022 in a bid to reverse...

France must win Artificial Intelligence ‘arms race’, says Macron

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has set his sights on artificial intelligence as the next technological frontier France cannot afford to miss, and will...

Merkel and Macron meet in Paris to discuss eurozone reform, response...

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged on Friday to formulate a roadmap for euro zone reform by June, but they...

France signs deals worth $16 billion in India; to deepen defence,...

NEW DELHI: French and Indian companies signed contracts worth 13 billion euros ($16 billion) on the first day of President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to...

Macron-Modi love on show as France courts India

NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday said he wanted his country to be India's best partner in Europe as he started a three-day...

French President Macron reaches out to resolve Ghouta crisis

PARIS: The French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday to discuss the conflict in Syria at large and the Ghouta region in...

Tighter immigration laws planned by Macron, straining parliamentary majority

PARIS: Emmanuel Macron’s government will on Wednesday propose toughening France’s immigration and asylum laws amid strident criticism from human rights groups, in a move...

French President Macron pens steamy novel on romance with wife

A new biography of French first lady Brigitte Macron says her husband penned a racy novel inspired by their early romance when he was...

After German election, France’s Macron paints sweeping vision for Europe

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron offered an ambitious vision for European renewal on Tuesday, calling for the EU to work more closely on defence...

Thousands take to streets to rally against French labour reforms

PARIS: Tens of thousands of French protesters marched against President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship economic reforms on Tuesday in the first major demonstrations against his...