Demonstrators chanted on the place d'Italie in southern Paris. Police used tear gas and clashed with some in the crowd as trash bins were set on fire. Demonstrations resulted in 61 arrests the previous night.
Demonstrators chanted on the Place d'Italie in southern Paris. Police used tear gas and clashed with some in the crowd as trash bins were set on fire. The growing unrest and strikes have left Emmanuel Macron facing the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Gilets Jaunes protests four years ago.
Despite frantic last-minute efforts, his government failed to secure the votes needed to pass a pension reform through normal parliamentary procedure. Instead, it activated an article of the constitution, 49.3, which enables it to force the reform through without a vote. In the end votes were not forthcoming even from the centre-right Republicans, even though they themselves had raised the French retirement age.
The proposed pension changes have prompted major strikes and protests across the country since January. A no-confidence motion needs to be approved by at least half the seats at the lower house – that is 287 now.
The strike is expected to last longer as rail unions call for rolling, open-ended strikes. Transport and utility workers as well as refinery staff begin rolling out strikes over Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the pension age.
Karnataka BJP leader CT Ravi compared PM Narendra Modi and France president Emmanuel Macron after a video of the latter consoling a disheartened French team after they lost the 2022 FIFA World Cup final to Argentina. Ravi shared a picture of Modi consoling former ISRO chief K Shivan - in 2019 after the national space agency lost contact with the Vikram moon lander.
Emmanuel Macron consoled the french football team after their loss to argentina in the world cup final. He approached the team at the qatar's Lusail Stadium and consoled them.
President Joe Biden hosted French President Emmanuel Macron for his first state visit as president. The friendly showing is going to test Biden's ability to keep a key ally at his side as he pushes for an enduring hard line against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders emerged from the Oval Office with an agreement to continue supporting Ukraine’s efforts to beat back Russian forces.
Annie Ernaux, 82, won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her work in France. The memoirist is a champion of, what French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted after her win, “the collective and intimate memory” of France. Ernaux’s triumph lies in exhorting her readers towards this moment of collective lucidity to the circumstances of their own experiences to find out where they come from.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the people of his country to be prepared for a complete shutdown of Russian natural gas by taking alternative measures. He accused Russia of using energy as a weapon of war and called for a faster transition to offshore wind farms to overcome the current crisis. The statement comes at a time when Gazprom shut down the supply of gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline due to maintenance that would last for around 10 days.
French President Emmanuel Macron said France wants to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine and prevent it from spreading and igniting it into a new world war. The French President said, “We need to be ready for this conflict to be a long one,” and claimed summer and the beginning of fall seasons will be particularly challenging times.
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the nation’s soldiers to maintain their moral strength in the wake of the war which is taking place on the borders of Europe. Macron claimed that the government intends to fulfil its pledge as a part of a military budget law that predicted allocating 50 billion euros ($50.17 billion) for the military by 2025.
French President Emmanuel Macron's Choose France summit to be held in Versailles on Monday. The 14 investment projects from companies such as FedEx and Raytheon Technologies will create 4,000 jobs in France, the Elysée palace says. Macron has sought to woo global investors by rolling out the red carpet to top CEOs at annual summits.
Reports based on leaked documents detail efforts to expand globally from 2013 to 2017. The company allegedly received assistance from politicians including French President Emmanuel Macron. Uber didn't deny any of the allegations and instead focused on the changes since Dara Khosrowshahi was named CEO in 2017.
Russia slams French President Emmanuel Macron for breach of diplomatic confidentiality. In a documentary aired by France 2 broadcaster, Macron was seen speaking about his failed efforts to convince Russia's President Vladimir Putin not to wage a brutal war in Ukraine. The entire conversation that was supposed to be private that happened between the French leader Macron and Russia's Putin on Feb 20, just four days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the publication of a call between President Emmanuel Macron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin was a breach of diplomatic etiquette. The details of the confidential call were revealed by the broadcaster France 2 in a documentary on the French president's handling of the conflict. Lavrov is on a two-day visit to Vietnam, on the tenth anniversary of the two nations' comprehensive strategic partnership.
Yair Lapid left on July 5 for a day-long visit to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. It was the first overseas trip by the caretaker Prime Minister since he took office last week. Lapid assumed office after Parliament voted to disband last week, sending the country to its fifth round of elections in under four years.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met in Paris on Monday night. Both agreed to work concurrently on several bilateral and international issues. This was the third meeting between the two leaders in the last month. The two leaders also held extensive discussions on minimising the dependence of the European Union on Russia in terms of energy.
French President has reshuffled his Cabinet for the second time in six weeks. Three ministers who lost their seats in June's legislative elections and were replaced on Monday are Brigitte Bourguignon (Health), Justine Benin (Sea) and Amelie de Montchalin (Ecological Transition) The new government has 41 members with 16 Ministries, 15 Minister delegates and 10 Secretaries of State.
President Emmanuel Macron turns to health minister Olivier Veran to sell the government’s policies to an electorate worried about a spike in inflation. Key roles such as the prime minister and finance minister remained unchanged in the reshuffle that signalled no policy changes and was criticised by the opposition as being tone-deaf after elections.
Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba says France's Emmanuel Macron convinced Germany's Olaf Scholz to support Ukraine's EU candidacy. The 27-member bloc granted Ukraine candidate status to Ukraine for EU membership on June 23. The minister also praised Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi for openly supporting Ukraine's candidacy.
