Emmanuel Macron
Following the coup d’etat by some group of soldiers in the Niger Republic to unseat the democratic government of Mohamed Bazoum, citizens have marched into the street chanting in support of the military. According to a report from CNN thousands of people came out to give their support in front of the French […]
The French government is set to announce its proposals for overhauling the pension system on Tuesday, in a potentially explosive reform fraught with danger for President Emmanuel Macron. With his oft-repeated belief that the French “need to work more”, Macron has doggedly insisted since his rise to power in 2017 that the pension […]
A French parliament session was thrown into turmoil Thursday after a far-right MP was accused of yelling “back to Africa” to a black colleague posing a question on migrant arrivals to the government. The incident came as President Emmanuel Macron’s government is promising a new crackdown on immigration amid accusations of failing to […]
Emmanuel Macron has won the presidential election in France, defeating far right-wing candidate, Marine Le Pen. Macron took 58.55% of Sunday’s vote, making him the first French leader to be reelected in 20 years. He and Le Pen advanced to the runoff after finishing in first and second place, respectively, among 12 candidates […]
A French aid worker who was kidnapped and held hostage in Mali for four years has returned to the West African country on her own initiative, the French government said Wednesday, calling her decision “irresponsible”. Sophie Petronin, 76, was taken by gunmen in December 2016 in the northern Malian city of Gao and held […]
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