Tag: Emmanuel MArcon

Macron arrives in Riyadh on surprise visit

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) –French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Saudi Arabia late Thursday for talks with the kingdom’s powerful crown prince on the rising tensions between Tehran and Riyadh. Macron, on his debut visit to the Middle East, made the surprise announcement at a news conference in Dubai that he would meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. His arrival was confirmed to AFP by the French embassy in Riyadh. Macron’s talks with Prince Mohammed […]

400,000 employees from public sectors take to streets in France

PARIS, France (CCTV) — Nearly 400,000 employees from the public sector took to the streets on Tuesday in 90 provinces across France to protest against pro-market President Emmanuel Macron’s reform measures in the public sectors. The country’s nine public sector unions, representing 5.4 million workers at public services, backed the protest call, the first such move in a decade. The reform measures, scheduled to be included in the 2018 Budget Bill, include cutting 120,000 jobs […]