Tag: France

Eurosceptics see Macron win as bad news for Brexit

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 […]

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China’s Xi congratulates French president-elect Macron

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

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Young leaders around the world

PARIS, France (AFP) — Emmanuel Macron, 39, who won the second round of the French presidential election on Sunday, according to estimates, will be one of the world’s youngest leaders. Here is a look at those who were still a little wet behind the ears when they attained high executive office: Young leaders Hungary: Viktor Orban became prime minister in 1998 at the age of 35. He left office in 2002 but took over again […]

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Macron marches to French presidency

by Adam PLOWRIGHT / Clare BYRNE Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron promised Sunday to heal France’s divisions after crushing far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a pivotal presidential election that has given him a large but fragile mandate for change. At 39, the pro-EU former investment banker will become France’s youngest-ever leader but faces a huge challenge to enact his programme while trying to unite a fractured and demoralised […]

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Le Pen heckled as brutal French campaign enters final hours

by Guy JACKSON / Joshua MELVIN Agence France-Presse PARIS, France  – Emmanuel Macron sought to cement his status as favourite for the French presidency Friday on the last day of campaigning before this weekend’s run-off election while his far-right rival Marine Le Pen was targeted by protesters on a visit to a cathedral city. Pro-European centrist Macron and anti-immigration candidate Le Pen have offered starkly different visions for France during a campaign that has been […]

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France says has proof Syria regime launched ‘chemical attack’

by Cécile FEUILLATRE Agence France-Presse PARIS, France – French intelligence services have scientific proof that the Syrian regime was responsible for a suspected chemical attack that killed 88 people, France’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Jean-Marc Ayrault said analysis of samples taken at the scene of the April 4 attack in rebel-held Khan Sheikhun, in which 31 children were among the dead, showed “there is no doubt that sarin gas was used” and that it was […]

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UK, French arrests over ‘football tax fraud’

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British and French authorities searched premises on both sides of the Channel Wednesday, arresting several men and seizing financial records over suspected tax fraud in the football industry, officials said. Britain’s tax authority HMRC said it had “arrested several men working within the professional football industry,” with media reports claiming that English clubs West Ham United and Newcastle United have been targeted.

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Le Pen sets aside party presidency to “unite” France

PARIS, France (Reuters) — French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Monday (April 24) that she was stepping aside from the leadership of her far-right National Front party in a bid to unite the French people as she prepared for the second round of the presidential election. Most polls see Le Pen trailing her centrist rival Emmanuel Macron 40 points to 60, and she has to widen her support if she can hope to […]

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Euro rises sharply after first round of French election

by Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The euro rose sharply Monday as markets breathed a sigh of relief over French presidential election projections that showed centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron taking a lead over far-right eurosceptic Marine Le Pen. In early Asian trading, the European single currency was at $1.0879, against $1.0726 on Friday at 2100 GMT. It had run up as high as $1.0937 earlier, up about two percent from Friday. […]

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