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Emmanuel Macron

The burnt door of Bordeaux's city hall, is pictured the day after it was set on fire by demonstrators during a rally against pension reform.

Why King Charles visit needed to be cancelled as France focuses on own problems

The King's state visit to France, the first of his reign, has been postponed, the French Presidency said, amid protests in the country over retirement age reforms. Issue date: Friday March 24, 2023.
The King's state visit to France, the first of his reign, has been postponed, the French Presidency said, amid protests in the country over retirement age reforms. Issue date: Friday March 24, 2023.

King’s state visit to France postponed amid widespread retirement age protests

King Charles III and Queen Consort’s state trip to France cancelled

French French Republican Security Corps (CRS - Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) police officers in riot gear operate during a demonstration, with a smoke rising in the background, a week after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution. (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
French French Republican Security Corps (CRS - Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) police officers in riot gear operate during a demonstration, with a smoke rising in the background, a week after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution. (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

France pension protests escalate ahead of King Charles visit

Archippus Sturrock and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the Franco-British Summit at the Élysée Palace in Paris (Picture: Helene Ba)
Archippus Sturrock and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the Franco-British Summit at the Élysée Palace in Paris (Picture: Helene Ba)

Auld Alliance with France can help rebuild the good relations damaged by Brexit

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of France, Emmanuel Macron after a group picture during the first UK-France summit in five years at Elysee Palace in Paris.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of France, Emmanuel Macron after a group picture during the first UK-France summit in five years at Elysee Palace in Paris.

Rishi Sunak to hand France almost £500 million to tackle small boat crossings

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Friday.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Friday.

Analysis: Sunak to work with France on small boats, but MPs may not like it

A Challenger II Main Battle Tank will be sent to Ukraine along with German Leopard 2 battle tanks to bolster Kyiv's forces in their fight against Russia.
A Challenger II Main Battle Tank will be sent to Ukraine along with German Leopard 2 battle tanks to bolster Kyiv's forces in their fight against Russia.

Why did Germany take so long in sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine?

A disguised protestor holding a placard reading "let's defend our very special pension regimes" poses before a demonstration in Paris. Picture: AP Photo/Lewis Joly
A disguised protestor holding a placard reading "let's defend our very special pension regimes" poses before a demonstration in Paris. Picture: AP Photo/Lewis Joly

Protests test French plan to raise retirement age

French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. Picture: Getty Images
French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. Picture: Getty Images

Was ‘scripted’ Emmanuel Macron interview clever PR, or a comms disaster?

Joe Biden met Vladimir Putin in June 2021 in Geneva (Picture: Peter Klaunzer/pool/Keystone via Getty Images)
Joe Biden met Vladimir Putin in June 2021 in Geneva (Picture: Peter Klaunzer/pool/Keystone via Getty Images)

Why negotiating with Putin over Ukraine is dangerous – Hugo Blewett-Mundy

France is a vitally important trading partner of the UK (Picture: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
France is a vitally important trading partner of the UK (Picture: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)

Alister Jack: Auld Alliance turbocharging UK trade relations with France

Customers at the central market in Chisinau, earlier this year. The country is suffering blackouts as a result of Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.
Customers at the central market in Chisinau, earlier this year. The country is suffering blackouts as a result of Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.

Why is Moldova facing ‘humanitarian crisis’ over power blackouts?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is seen running off the stage at an event at COP27 in Egypt.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is seen running off the stage at an event at COP27 in Egypt.

Rishi Sunak is rushed out of room by aides at COP 27

Silvio Berlusconi, Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and other members of the right-wing coalition speak to the media aftermeeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella
Silvio Berlusconi, Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and other members of the right-wing coalition speak to the media aftermeeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella

Far-right Giorgia Meloni named as Italy’s first female prime minister

French president Emmanuel Macron said he and outgoing prime minister Liz Truss had been building a working relationship.
French president Emmanuel Macron said he and outgoing prime minister Liz Truss had been building a working relationship.

‘I’m annoyed for her personally’: World leaders react to Liz Truss’ departure

Liz Truss is mounting her first foreign trip as Prime Minister
Liz Truss is mounting her first foreign trip as Prime Minister

Liz Truss flying to New York for meetings with Biden and Macron

The Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II travels down the Long Walk as it arrives at Windsor Castle for the Committal Service at St George's Chapel. Picture date: Monday September 19, 2022.
The Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II travels down the Long Walk as it arrives at Windsor Castle for the Committal Service at St George's Chapel. Picture date: Monday September 19, 2022.

RECAP: Queen laid to rest in Windsor after emotional public farewell

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at Westminster Abbey.
US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at Westminster Abbey.

World leaders from Joe Biden to Emmanuel Macron attend Westminster Abbey

Convention: Kate, the Princess of Wales, stuck to a classic look for the service (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/PA)
Convention: Kate, the Princess of Wales, stuck to a classic look for the service (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/PA)

Royal funeral fashion: how mourners stuck to convention

Members of the public file past the the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as they pay their respects as the vigil begins in Westminster Hall, London, where it will lie in state ahead of her funeral on Monday. Picture date: Wednesday September 14, 2022.
Members of the public file past the the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as they pay their respects as the vigil begins in Westminster Hall, London, where it will lie in state ahead of her funeral on Monday. Picture date: Wednesday September 14, 2022.

How to watch Queen's funeral, date, time, guest list and key details

King Charles III walks behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II. Photo: Getty
King Charles III walks behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II. Photo: Getty

How to watch Her Majesty’s state funeral on BBC, Sky and ITV

Swiss-French director Jean-Luc Godard during the award ceremony of the 'Grand Prix Design', in Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 30, 2010. Director Jean-Luc Godard, an icon of French New Wave film who revolutionized popular 1960s cinema, has died, according to French media. He was 91. (Gaetan Bally/Keystone via AP, file)
Swiss-French director Jean-Luc Godard during the award ceremony of the 'Grand Prix Design', in Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 30, 2010. Director Jean-Luc Godard, an icon of French New Wave film who revolutionized popular 1960s cinema, has died, according to French media. He was 91. (Gaetan Bally/Keystone via AP, file)

French New Wave film pioneer Jean-Luc Godard dies aged 91

Formula 1 holds a minutes silence in mourning of Queen Elizabeth II prior to practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
Formula 1 holds a minutes silence in mourning of Queen Elizabeth II prior to practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Why Emmanuel Macron's tribute to the monarch shone above all others

Liz Truss during a hustings event at Wembley Arena, London, as part of the campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Wednesday August 31, 2022.
Liz Truss during a hustings event at Wembley Arena, London, as part of the campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Wednesday August 31, 2022.

Liz Truss tones down her rhetoric on Emmanuel Macron

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is favourite to win the Conservative leadership contest (Picture: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is favourite to win the Conservative leadership contest (Picture: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Here's why Liz Truss will be worse even than Boris Johnson – Kenny MacAskill MP

Emmanuel Macron was asked about Liz Truss's claim that the 'jury is out' on whether he is a friend or foe during his visit to Algeria (Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
Emmanuel Macron was asked about Liz Truss's claim that the 'jury is out' on whether he is a friend or foe during his visit to Algeria (Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)

France's Emmanuel Macron is a natural ally of the UK, not a 'foe' – Scotsman

Liz Truss was asked about Nicola Sturgeon again at the hustings
Liz Truss was asked about Nicola Sturgeon again at the hustings

Liz Truss: I'd rather be trapped in a lift with Sturgeon than Starmer

A forest fire rages in Saint Magne, south of Bordeaux, France, on Wednesday (Picture: SDIS 33 Service Audiovisuel via AP)
A forest fire rages in Saint Magne, south of Bordeaux, France, on Wednesday (Picture: SDIS 33 Service Audiovisuel via AP)

French wildfires show why heatwaves are no longer cause for celebration

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and French President Emmanuel Macron are each visiting several African countries this week.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and French President Emmanuel Macron are each visiting several African countries this week.

‘It’s like a new Cold War’: Russia and West vie for influence in Africa

France's president Emmanuel Macron waves as he leaves after casting his vote in the second stage of French parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on Sunday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images
France's president Emmanuel Macron waves as he leaves after casting his vote in the second stage of French parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on Sunday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Why France needs to adapt to a more volatile political structure

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (2L) French President Emmanuel Macron (3L) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) visit Irpin on June 16, 2022. - It is the first time that the leaders of the three European Union countries have visited Kyiv since Russia's February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (2L) French President Emmanuel Macron (3L) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) visit Irpin on June 16, 2022. - It is the first time that the leaders of the three European Union countries have visited Kyiv since Russia's February 24 invasion of Ukraine.

Emmanuel Macron says there are signs of war crimes during visit to Kyiv suburb

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi travel on board a train bound to Kyiv after departing from Poland Thursday, June 16, 2022. The Europeans leaders are expected to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they prepare for a key European Union leaders' summit in Brussels next week and a June 29-30 NATO summit in Madrid.(Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi travel on board a train bound to Kyiv after departing from Poland Thursday, June 16, 2022. The Europeans leaders are expected to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they prepare for a key European Union leaders' summit in Brussels next week and a June 29-30 NATO summit in Madrid.(Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

Russian forces in Donbas ad hoc and undermanned says MoD

Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron are going to have to learn to get along.
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron are going to have to learn to get along.

Analysis: Johnson needs to rein in instincts to repair relations with Macron

Emmanuel Macron celebrates after his victory.
Emmanuel Macron celebrates after his victory.

Macron wins second term as French president but far right gains ground

Centrist candidate and French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands to residents during a campaign rally on Friday
Centrist candidate and French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands to residents during a campaign rally on Friday

Remember what happened with Brexit, says Macron as he urges voter turn out

French President and La Republique en Marche (LREM) party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron (L) and French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (R) Photo by Ludovic Marin AFP via Getty Images
French President and La Republique en Marche (LREM) party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron (L) and French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (R) Photo by Ludovic Marin AFP via Getty Images

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen clash in presidential debate

For many French voters, Emmanuel Macron's main selling point is that his is not far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
For many French voters, Emmanuel Macron's main selling point is that his is not far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)

French election highlights danger to democracy of negative politics

From left: Tangent founders David Whyte and Andrew Stevenson. Picture: contributed.
From left: Tangent founders David Whyte and Andrew Stevenson. Picture: contributed.

Creative studio eyeing more major global events after Expo 2020 Dubai contract

Smoke rises from a Russian tank destroyed by the Ukrainian forces in the Lugansk region (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
Smoke rises from a Russian tank destroyed by the Ukrainian forces in the Lugansk region (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

The good, the bad and the ugly of the Ukraine war so far

Marine Le Pen shakes hands with Vladimir Putin in 2017, three years after his forces annexed Crimea from Ukraine (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)
Marine Le Pen shakes hands with Vladimir Putin in 2017, three years after his forces annexed Crimea from Ukraine (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

Popularity of Marine Le Pen's vile politics is a warning the world must heed

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses supporters in Paris after polls close in first round of voting in the French Presidential Election a the weekend.
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses supporters in Paris after polls close in first round of voting in the French Presidential Election a the weekend.

President Macron goes head to head with Marine Le Pen in French election

President Emmanuel Macron after polls closed in the first round of voting in the French Presidential Election.
President Emmanuel Macron after polls closed in the first round of voting in the French Presidential Election.

Le Pen targets left wing voters in French election

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of destroyed houses and vehicles in a street in Bucha, Ukraine on Thursday March 31, 2022. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of destroyed houses and vehicles in a street in Bucha, Ukraine on Thursday March 31, 2022. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Satellite imagery shows bodies left out in the open in Bucha for weeks

Boris Johnson is helping to kill off the men's suit (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson is helping to kill off the men's suit (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

I hold Boris Johnson personally responsible for plight of the suit – Aidan Smith

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking at a press conference earlier this month. Picture: Sergei Supinksy/AFP via Getty Images.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking at a press conference earlier this month. Picture: Sergei Supinksy/AFP via Getty Images.

Ukraine-Russia: A look back at the conflict this week

The UK Government has been condemned by French president Emmanuel Macron for failing to live up to its “grand statements” on helping Ukrainian refugees.
The UK Government has been condemned by French president Emmanuel Macron for failing to live up to its “grand statements” on helping Ukrainian refugees.

Emmanuel Macron hits out at UK over visa rules

A man walks in front of a destroyed building after a Russian missile attack in the town of Vasylkiv, near Kyiv. Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty
A man walks in front of a destroyed building after a Russian missile attack in the town of Vasylkiv, near Kyiv. Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty

Ukraine-Russia: Seven days that changed the world

People walk along a street only recently hit by Russian shelling on the outskirts of Kyiv yesterday (Picture: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
People walk along a street only recently hit by Russian shelling on the outskirts of Kyiv yesterday (Picture: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)

As West's sanctions bite, Putin needs to realise he cannot win – Scotsman says

Protesters hold placards during a rally outside of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affair in Kyiv at the weekend.
Protesters hold placards during a rally outside of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affair in Kyiv at the weekend.

UK warns Putin is setting himself on a ‘tragic course of events’ for Russia

Servicemen of the Ukrainian Military Forces walk on the front line with Russian-backed separatists near Novohnativka, Donetsk region, on February 20, 2022.
Servicemen of the Ukrainian Military Forces walk on the front line with Russian-backed separatists near Novohnativka, Donetsk region, on February 20, 2022.

Last-ditch Putin peace talks a ‘welcome sign’ over Ukraine conflict

This handout video grab released by the Russian Defence Ministry on February 12, 2022 shows Russian warships during the Black sea naval exercises outside the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Picture, Getty
This handout video grab released by the Russian Defence Ministry on February 12, 2022 shows Russian warships during the Black sea naval exercises outside the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Picture, Getty

Putin and Biden to hold high-stakes phone call over Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in the Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in the Kremlin

World leaders in Ukraine talks as Russian invasion fears mount

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy, with host Sophie Raworth, appearing on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday Morning. Picture date: Sunday February 6, 2022.
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy, with host Sophie Raworth, appearing on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday Morning. Picture date: Sunday February 6, 2022.

Ukraine-Russia crisis: Stand up to Russian aggression in UK, urges Labour

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement on the Ukraine in the House of Commons.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement on the Ukraine in the House of Commons.

Boris Johnson says Britain will deploy troops if Russia invades Ukraine

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Ikea in the UK

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Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leaves the main chamber after her last First Minster's Questions in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leaves the main chamber after her last First Minster's Questions in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

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Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader

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