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PARIS | Xinhua | French President Emmanuel Macron has nominated former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as the new prime minister, the Elysee announced on Thursday. Macron has tasked Barnier with forming a unified government to serve the country and the French people, the Elysee said in a press release. Born …

PARIS | Xinhua | French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s resignation, but asked him to stay as the head of a caretaker government until the establishment of a new administration, French presidential office announced on Tuesday. “For this period to end as soon as possible, it …

PARIS, FRANCE | TASS | French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to accept the resignation of the republic’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, the AFP news agency reported, citing the Elysee Palace. According to it, the head of state asked the prime minister to temporarily stay in office to ensure stability in the …

PARIS | Xinhua | French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced Sunday night to submit his resignation to French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, following the defeat of Macron’s centrist coalition in the legislative elections. “This evening, the political group that I represented in this campaign, has achieved three times more …

PARIS | Xinhua | French President Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly Sunday evening, following defeat of his party in 2024 European Parliament elections, according to a live broadcast of local media BFMTV. “I have decided to give you back the choice of your parliamentary future through …

Paris, France | Xinhua | French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday evening that France would withdraw its troops deployed in Niger by the end of 2023. Speaking in a televised interview, Macron said that the 1,500 French soldiers deployed in Niger to fight against terrorism in the Sahel region …

Paris, France | Xinhua |   European leaders are becoming increasingly supportive of French President Emmanuel Macron’s push for “strategic autonomy” away from the United States, European Council president Charles Michel said on Tuesday. More and more European Union leaders have echoed Macron’s comments that Europe should resist pressure to become …

Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT |  French President Emmanuel Macron’s nation-wide tour was briefly interrupted Tuesday when a bystander slapped him across the face during a trip to southeast France, AFP has reported. His bodyguards quickly intervened before two people were arrested. Videos emerged showing Macron moving away from his bodyguards to …

Kigali, Rwanda | FRANCE 24 | French President Emmanuel Macron, on a symbolic visit to Rwanda Thursday, said France had “a role, a history and a political responsibility” towards Rwanda. But he stopped short of an official apology, saying France had not been complicit in the 1994 genocide. “Standing here …

Paris, France | AFP | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed there should for now be no quarantine measures for travellers arriving in Britain from France, the Elysee said on Sunday. Johnson said Sunday that Britain would “soon” quarantine air passengers from abroad due to …