•Macron French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU, in remarks published yesterday. “I told them that if they don’t react, we Europeans will be forced to take strong measures in the coming months,” Macron told business […]...
•President Emmanuel Macron President Emmanuel Macron will accept the resignation of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou today after his government was ejected in a confidence vote, with the French leader rushing to find a successor and stave off a new political crisis. Yesterday, Bayrou suffered a crushing loss in a confidence vote he had himself c...
•Putin, Trump and Macron French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday called for stepping up sanctions against Russia if its leader, Vladimir Putin, does not move forward on peace with Ukraine. “President Trump believes we can get an agreement and believes that President Putin also wants a peace accord,” Macron told reporters after talks at the ...
•Overthrown Niger President Mohamed Bazoum and the coup leaders The European Union and French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday urged Niger’s ruling junta to release ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, two years to the day the army detained him. Bazoum has been held, along with his wife Hadiza, in a wing of the presidential palace and according...
•Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday supported Donald Trump’s outreach to Russia over Ukraine but called on the United States to back any European troop deployment as a form of security guarantee. “We want a quick deal but not a fragile one,” Macron said at a joint news conference at the […]...
•French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Pau Mayor Francois President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist leader Francois Bayrou as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of hauling France out of months of political crisis. Bayrou, the 73-year-old head of the MoDem group which is allied to Macron’s party, was appointed nine days a...
•President Emmanuel Macron President Emmanuel Macron is getting ready to announce a new prime minister following the legislative elections that caused political deadlock in France. The announcement could come as early as Wednesday evening, according to sources close to him. However, the identity of the new head of government is still uncertain...

