Posts Tagged: French President Emmanuel Macron
Macron Tells Sisi Human Rights Go Together With Stability
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he told his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a visit to Cairo that stability and security...
France, Germany Try to ‘Show the Way Forward’ for Embattled EU Project
The leaders of France and Germany signed a new treaty on Tuesday to update their 1963 post-war reconciliation accord, aiming to reinvigorate the European Union's...
At Least Two Dead in Christmas Market Shooting in French City of Strasbourg
A lone gunman shot dead at least two people and wounded 11 others near a Christmas market in the city of Strasbourg on Tuesday evening before fleeing,...
Paris Cleans Up as Macron Prepares Response to Yellow Vests
Workers in Paris swept up broken glass and towed away burnt-out cars on Sunday after the latest violent "yellow vest" protest while the government announced...
With Trump Sitting Nearby, France’s Macron Calls Nationalism a Betrayal
French President Emmanuel Macron used an address to world leaders gathered in Paris for Armistice commemorations on Sunday to send a stern message about the...
Reversing His Decision, Macron Decides Not to Honor Vichy Leader Pétain
JNS.org - After much backlash, especially from the Jewish community, French President Emmanuel Macron will not commemorate Marshal Philippe Pétain, who led Vichy France under Nazi...
Macron Plan to Pay WWI Tribute to Nazi Collaborator Petain Stirs Anger
President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday it was "legitimate" to pay tribute to Marshal Philippe Petain, who led the French army to victory in World...
France Expels Iranian Diplomat Over Failed Bomb Plot
France has expelled an Iranian diplomat in response to a failed plot to carry out a bomb attack at a rally near Paris organized by...
Report: Israel Thinks France’s Macron Will Likely Present Peace Plan of His Own if Trump Doesn’t
An Israeli Foreign Ministry official told a Knesset committee earlier this week that if US President Donald Trump did not present an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan...
Trump to Macron: ‘I Can be as Tough With Bibi as I Have Been With the Palestinians’
JNS.org - US President Donald Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines at the annual UN General Assembly last month that he is ready to...
France Bestows Its Highest Award to Nazi-Hunter Couple
JNS.org - Famed French Nazi-hunters Serge Klarsfeld and his German wife, Beate, received the highest honors last week in a ceremony led by French President Emmanuel...
Macron Says It’s Unclear Who in Iran Ordered French Bomb Plot
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday it was not clear whether a foiled attack on a Paris-based Iranian opposition group was ordered by the higher...
France Keeps Blackening Israel
Relations between France and Israel have been ambivalent and complex for decades. Among the most prominent are those where the French government sets out to...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Simone Veil, Emmanuel Macron, and the Panthéon
For those who are old enough to have lived through both events, the comparison was undoubtedly remarkable: the induction of Simone Veil in France’s Panthéon,...
