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MARSEILLE, March 19, 2024 (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday pledged an “unprecedented operation” against drug trafficking in Marseille during a surprise visit to the southern port city beset by gangland killings. “In Marseille and other cities in France, we have launched an unprecedented operation to put a stop to drug trafficking and ensure republican order,” Macron wrote on X, formerly Twitter, after arriving in the city. The operation, according to press reports, will […]
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI, Stuart WILLIAMS PARIS, Feb 27, 2024 (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday new steps to boost Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion, saying not even the sending of Western ground troops was ruled out to achieve Europe’s goal of defeating Moscow. Speaking after hosting a meeting of two dozen European leaders to discuss Ukraine, Macron painted a grim picture of a Russia whose positions he said were “hardening” […]
TIRANA, Oct 17, 2023 (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday condemned Hamas for airing a video of a Franco-Israeli woman the Islamist militant group has taken hostage and demanded her unconditional release. “It is an ignominy to take innocent people hostage and put them on show in this odious way,” the Elysee presidential palace quoted Macron as saying. It said Macron was aware of the video of Franco-Israeli Mia Shem and called for […]
ARRAS, France, Oct 14, 2023 (AFP) – France on Saturday said it will deploy 7,000 soldiers after declaring a top-level alert following the fatal stabbing of a teacher by a Chechen-origin man, who also severely wounded three others at a school. The attack took place in the northeastern town of Arras, home to large Jewish and Muslim populations. Police arrested the suspected attacker, Mohammed Moguchkov, who had cried the Arabic phrase “Allahu akbar!” (God is […]
PARIS, Sept 11, 2023 (AFP) – France is insisting that the reluctance of Morocco to accept French offers of aid in the wake of Friday’s devastating quake does not represent a snub, even if it comes at a time of growing tensions between Rabat and the former colonial power. Along with the United States, France was conspicuously absent from a list of four countries Morocco said on Sunday it would seek aid from — Britain, […]
PARIS, July 4, 2023 (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron raised the idea of handing out quick-fire fines to the parents of children caught committing vandalism or robberies as part of the government’s response to days of rioting. Of the nearly 4,000 people arrested since Friday during riots, more than 1,200 are minors, the justice ministry said. Meeting police officers in Paris on Monday evening, Macron thanked them for their work and floated the idea […]
ANNECY, France, June 9, 2023 (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said the health of the preschool children badly wounded in a mass knife attack by a Syrian refugee was “heading in the right direction”, as police questioned the attacker. Four children — aged between 22 months and three years old — were stabbed Thursday in a playground in the Alpine town of Annecy, a normally idyllic lakeside spot popular with tourists. While […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House said Monday it remains “confident” in the US-French relationship after President Emmanuel Macron distanced himself from US policy on Taiwan and warned Europeans not to be American “followers.” Macron’s remarks to journalists from French business daily Les Echos and news site Politico came after he was hosted for a state visit by China’s Xi Jinping. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the Biden administration […]
by Marina Laouchez and Valerie Leroux Agence France-Presse SAVINES-LE-LAC, France (AFP) — President Emmanuel Macron announced new water-saving measures for France on Thursday as he sought to brush aside weeks of political turmoil over a deeply unpopular pensions reform. Dozens of protesters calling for him to resign gathered in the Alpine village of Savines-le-Lac ahead of his announcement, as he faces the biggest challenge of his second term in office. Two people were arrested before […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – France braced Monday for another day of mass protests and strikes over proposed pension overhauls being pushed by President Emmanuel Macron, with the government and its left-wing opponents trading blame for the expected disruptions. Around 1.1 million people took to the streets for the first strike day on January 19, according to official statistics, the biggest demonstrations since the last major round of pension reform under right-wing president Nicolas Sarkozy in 2010. […]
by Adam PLOWRIGHT Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Addressing the nation on New Year’s Eve, French President Emmanuel Macron put the country on alert for another period of political turbulence. The 45-year-old, speaking from the Elysee palace, acknowledged the “anxieties” of many people amid rocketing food prices, worries about the war in Ukraine and lingering concern about Covid-19. But he vowed to press ahead with plans to push back the retirement age, starting later […]
Washington, United States ( AFP) by Francesco Fontemaggi and Sebastian Smith US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from White House talks Thursday pledging to close ranks in helping Ukraine and pressuring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to make peace. Following lengthy Oval Office talks they also signaled they’d calmed the waters on a burgeoning US-EU trade dispute. Addressing a joint press conference on the second day of Macron’s rare state visit to Washington, […]
