D-Day in France as 48m voters go to the polls: Victory for Marine Le Pen looms as Macron feels the heat from far-right favourite April 10, 2022 Up to 48 million eligible voters will be choosing one of 12 candidates today as polls have opened across France for the first round of the country’s presidential election. President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a second five-year term, with a strong challenge from the far right and seeking to counter nationwide voter apathy. Polls opened [...]
Days after comparison to ‘negotiating with Hitler’, Macron’s dialogue with Putin is ‘splitting Nato’ April 7, 2022 Days after Poland accused France’s president of “negotiating with Hitler” by speaking to Vladimir Putin, France has now been accused of “splitting Nato” with its continued attempts to talk with Russia. Its president Emmanuelle Macron has been keeping an open dialogue with Moscow’s leader, along with Germany. Putin has been accused of war crimes, a [...]
Macron accused of ‘negotiating with Hitler’ by Poland’s PM after talks with Putin April 4, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of “negotiating with Hitler” by Poland, after holding a series of 17 talks with Vladimir Putin since December last year. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki hit out at the French leader for engaging with the Kremlin amid international efforts to isolate Moscow while it wages war in Ukraine. [...]
Macron: Britain bears weight of migrant drownings, not France February 2, 2022 It is Britain who bears the weight of migrant drownings in crossing the Channel, not France, president Emmanuel Macron has said. Speaking to a regional newspaper in northern France, Macron said: “The responsibility for those who die at sea does not fall upon France but upon this British refusal.” It is the latest act of [...]
Mario Draghi and Emmanuel Macron call on EU to reform fiscal rules December 24, 2021 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron have called on the EU to reform its fiscal rules. In joint article published yesterday on the Financial Times, the two argued that even before the pandemic, the bloc’s fiscal rules were in need of reform as they are “too obscure and excessively complex”, constraining [...]
Migrant Crisis: France rejects joint border patrol proposal by Boris Johnson December 3, 2021 The Prime Minister of France, Jean Castex, told Boris Johnson that he could not accept a joint British-French patrol in the English Channel in response to the migrant crisis as the issue was a “matter of our sovereignty.” In a letter to the British prime minister Castex wrote “France is ready to pursue our operational [...]
Fishing row: UK welcomes Macron stepping back from Brexit boat threat November 2, 2021 The UK this morning welcomed France having “stepped back” from threats to impose punitive action in a dispute over post-Brexit fishing licences as talks to settle the row continue. Environment secretary George Eustice acknowledged a de-escalation from French president Emmanuel Macron as he held off on the action against British boats that he had warned [...]
No public support for France’s short-haul ban says Ryanair’s boss October 24, 2021 Ryanair’s boss Michael O’Leary said French President Emmanuel Macron is lying when he says there is public support for the French Government’s ban on short-haul flights, the Telegraph reported. “Be very careful with the French,” the paper reported him saying. “You can always tell when the French are lying because their lips are moving.” O’Leary [...]
Come dine with me: Johnson to host dinner for business leaders October 16, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to host a dinner with some of the business world’s leading players – including Bill Gates and JP Morgan’s chief executive Jamie Dimon – reported the Telegraph. Invited to Downing Street, the 20 business leaders will be joined by the Prime Minister and the foreign secretary Liz Truss for [...]