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PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government will press ahead with President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship labor reforms despite the first mass protests against his pro-business agenda, a leading minister said Wednesday. “It stems from a campaign promise made by Emmanuel Macron,” Work Minister Muriel Penicaud said, referring to changes aimed at giving companies more flexibility in hiring and firing. “We are implementing the things that the French people asked us to do, so we’re not going to […]
by Laurence BENHAMOU with Nina LAMPARSKI in Vienna Agence France-Presse SALZBURG, Austria – The EU is a “real step” closer to overhauling a controversial rule on detached workers, after talks with leaders from eastern and central Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday. The so-called Posted Workers Directive allows firms to send temporary workers from low-wage countries to other member states without paying local social charges. The regulation has come under fire from rich nations like […]
WASHINGTON D.C. (Reuters) — United States President Donald Trump headed to Paris on Wednesday (July 12) to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders will seek to work together on Syria and countering terrorism while avoiding the thorny issues that have divided them. Trump and Macron — both political newcomers who scored upset victories in their presidential elections — have taken very different positions in areas such as climate change and trade. Macron invited […]
by Adam Plowright Agence France-Presse French President Emmanuel Macron is set to end the suspense over his first government on Wednesday after a 24-hour delay in unveiling what he has promised will be a new-look cabinet. On the campaign trail ahead of his election on May 7, Macron pledged a slimmed-down group of ministers of around 15 people, half of them women and including people from outside politics. The delay in announcing the names on Tuesday […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) — New French President Emmanuel Macron went for a walkabout outside Paris town hall on Sunday (May 14) to greet well-wishers in the last stop of a busy inauguration day. He was welcomed by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and pledged to nurture success across the French territory during his five-year term in front of an audience of Parisians. Macron took power as president of France on Sunday morning, vowing to restore the […]
by Dario THUBURN Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – British eurosceptics reacted angrily on Monday to Emmanuel Macron’s victory in France saying the election of a pro-EU president was bad news for the Brexit negotiations but experts said a stronger Europe could ease the talks. Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage said Macron would be European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker’s “puppet” while the Leave.EU campaign group compared his election win on Sunday to France’s surrender to Nazi […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated France’s centrist politician Emmanuel Macron on his presidential election victory, saying their countries share a “responsibility toward peace and development in the world.” “China stands ready to work with France to move the strategic Sino-French partnership to a higher level,” Xi said in a congratulatory note, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his victory in France’s presidential election on Sunday. Trump had backed neither Macron nor his far-right rival Marine Le Pen ahead of the vote’s second round. “Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France,” he tweeted. “I look very much forward to working with him!” However, Trump had earlier hinted that Le Pen should benefit […]
by Guy Jackson / Clare Byrne Agence France Presse Traditional May 1 union marches turned violent in France on Monday and presidential election frontrunner Emmanuel Macron attacked far-right rival Marine Le Pen, highlighting the divisions six days before the runoff. Six police officers were hurt in clashes in Paris between masked youths throwing molotov cocktails and riot police who responded with tear gas, as tens of thousands of union activists took to the streets for May Day […]
