Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has propelled rising star Gabriel Attal center stage in a high-risk…
Read more Macron goes all in with high-stakes reshuffle to combat far rightPARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron hit back Wednesday against speculation he has become a lame-duck president paving the way for the far right to come to power,…
Read more I’m no lame duck, Macron says, vowing to stop Le Pen’s risePARIS ― French President Emmanuel Macron scored a Pyrrhic victory late Tuesday night after passing a flagship immigration bill in a vote that leaves his parliamentary coalition deeply…
Read more Macron in crisis after immigration showdownEmmanuel Macron is facing widespread pushback, even from within his own ranks, from critics who say the president breached France’s long-standing history of secularism after he attended a…
Read more Macron faces backlash after Jewish ceremony at presidential palacePress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Deep in the Wyoming wilderness last month, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, stood before…
Read more WTF is Christine Lagarde up to?Forget about the scuttled submarine deal that plunged Australia-France relations to an historic low. Paris and Canberra are acting like besties again, thanks to football and online bantz.…
Read more France and Australia bury the AUKUS hatchet via footballPARIS — French Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced on Sunday that France will ban the Islamic garment known as the abaya in schools. “The school of the Republic…
Read more French education minister announces ban on Islamic dress in schoolsLionel Barber is former editor of the Financial Times (2005-20) and Brussels bureau chief (1992-98) Nobody does “No” better than the French. Charles De Gaulle said “Non” twice…
Read more French rejection of top American economist is a blow to liberal EuropePress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — France is slowly catching its breath after days of large-scale urban unrest but a greater…
Read more After the riots, Macron must fix a broken FranceNANTERRE, France — Hundreds gathered on a rainy Saturday next to the Ibn Badis Mosque. The gray, modern building stands just a few blocks from where Nahel, shot…
Read more As Nanterre mourns Nahel, locals fear violence will continueDUNKIRK, France — Emmanuel Macron couldn’t have hoped for a more engaging crowd. A group of women — workers with hard helmets and protective gear — were asking…
Read more Embattled Macron struggles to reconnect with FranceThe Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are demanding an explanation from Beijing after China’s top envoy to France questioned the independence of former Soviet countries like…
Read more Baltics blast China diplomat for questioning sovereignty of ex-Soviet statesPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. There’s an Emmanuel Macron-shaped shadow hovering over this week’s U.S. visit by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.…
Read more Poland’s Morawiecki plays Europe’s anti-Macron in WashingtonPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Anyone looking at France right now could be forgiven for thinking the country was on the edge…
Read more After Macron, le délugePress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron will face a moment of reckoning Thursday as lawmakers gear up…
Read more Macron on the brink: How French pensions revolt could wreck his presidencyPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass parliament and impose his deeply unpopular pensions reform…
Read more Macron’s defiant show of force in parliament exposes a weakened presidentEmmanuel Macron is paying a high price for his push on pension reform as a survey on Sunday showed the French president is facing a new low in…
Read more Macron pays high price in popularity over pension reform, survey showsThe French Senate voted in favor of the controversial pension reform overnight, paving the way for a potential final adoption of the law on Thursday, as thousands of…
Read more French Senate adopts pension reform as street protests continuePARIS — A controversial video surveillance system cleared a legislative hurdle Wednesday to be used during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics amid opposition from left-leaning French politicians and digital…
Read more French surveillance system for Olympics moves forward, despite civil rights campaignFrench President Emmanuel Macron called on Monday for his country to build “a new, balanced relationship” with Africa, as the former colonial power seeks to reduce its military…
Read more Macron lays out ‘new era’ for France’s reduced presence in Africa
