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France's Macron to hold meeting on pensions as strike bites
The prime minister is due to unveil full details of the reform to merge the 42 existing pension plans, which could spark more union anger.
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France braced for second day of stoppages as strike bites
The first day of a strike saw giant rallies across the country coupled with walkouts that paralysed transport and closed schools.
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'Nasty', 'two-faced', 'brain dead' - Nato pulls off summit despite insults
The meeting began and ended in acrimony startling even for the era of US President Donald Trump, who arrived declaring the French president “nasty” and left calling Canada’s prime minister “two-faced” for mocking him on a hot mic.
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Macron, NATO chief hold talks in 'brain death' row
Macron delivered his damning assessment in an interview earlier this month with The Economist magazine, in which he lamented the lack of strategic coordination between Europe and the United States.
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Open letter to President Macron on human rights abuses in Cameroon
A group of intellectuals, writers, and human rights lawyers is urging France to use its considerable influence on the government of President Paul Biya to help stop the murders and atrocities perpetrated in the country.
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Germany warns France against undermining NATO security alliance
Macron told The Economist this week that NATO was experiencing “brain death”, citing a lack of coordination and US unpredictability under President Donald Trump.
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Nato allies clash after Macron says alliance experiencing 'brain death'
Macron decried a lack of coordination between Europe and the US and lamented recent unilateral action in Syria by Turkey, a key member of the 70-year-old military alliance.
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Macron says EU deficit rule 'belongs in the past century'
That limit has been the bedrock of the common euro currency created in 1999, along with a rule limiting overall debt ratios to 60% of GDP.
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Xi, Macron back 'irreversible' Paris climate pact
Major powers expressed regret and concern after President Donald Trump went ahead with the pullout despite mounting evidence of the reality and impact of climate change.
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Macron vows to push pension reform 'to the end' despite strikes
Emmanuel Macron told RTL radio that there would be "no complacency or weakness" in pushing through the changes, even if it risked making him more unpopular.
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Macron, Merkel meet to harmonise positions before EU summit
Emmanuel Macron goes into the two-day meeting in Brussels starting Thursday still smarting from the rejection of his pick for European commissioner, Sylvie Goulard.
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Global Fund seeks $14bn to fight AIDS, malaria, TB
The UN's World Health Organisation says 770,000 people died of HIV-related causes last year.
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'France can't host everyone,' says Macron in new toughening of migration stance
Macron had last week signalled a tougher line on immigration in the second half of his mandate, arguing the government must stop voters drifting to the far-right.
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G7 pledges millions to fight Amazon fires
Nearly 80,000 forest fires have been detected in Brazil since the beginning of the year -- just over half of them in the massive Amazon basin.
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Trump leaves Iran diplomacy door open after Macron's Zarif gambit
But Macron has spent the summer trying to create conditions for a period of pause to bring the two sides backs to the negotiating table.
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Macron warns 'trade tensions are bad for everyone
In a televised address to the nation as G7 leaders gathered for their summit in Biarritz, Macron said his goal was "to convince all our partners that trade tensions are bad for everyone".
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Macron meets Iran FM to push for G7 detente
But Emmanuel Macron had pledged to "try to propose things" in the talks with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Elysee Palace on Friday.
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Too late for new Brexit deal, France's Macron tells Johnson
Johnson met Macron at the Elysee Palace a day after talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who challenged Britain to come up with acceptable alternatives to the agreed safety net provision for the UK-Irish land border.
