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Macron puts on his boots for a charity football game
Playing central midfield, French President Emmanuel Macron drew cheers from the crowd with his first touch -- and was given plenty of space to turn from...
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Macron announces €30 billion plan to re-industrialise France
President Emmanuel Macron said France had taken key decisions '15-20 years later than some of our European neighbours' and now needed to 'to become again a nation of innovation and research'.
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Macron confronts anger, impatience of young Africans
President Emmanuel Macron responded that Paris routinely voiced disapproval of political or military coups on the continent, and reduced cooperation with authoritarian regimes.
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Macron hosts Africa 'summit' without leaders
Instead of other heads of state and premiers, French President Emmanuel Macron is inviting hundreds of young businesspeople, artists and sporting figures to the southern city of Montpellier.
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End of 'Merkron': EU's power couple prepares to bow out
Angela Merkel is to relinquish power after German elections on September 26, bringing an end to her 16 years in office that has seen her work with four different French leaders starting with Jacques Chirac.
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Macron, key ally bin Zayed vow joint fight against 'extremism'
The two met for a working lunch at the historic Fontainebleau Chateau outside Paris, where the United Arab Emirates has played a key role in restoration works.
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France gets tough on vaccine rule for health workers
President Emmanuel Macron issued the ultimatum two months ago, but tens of thousands of carers remain unvaccinated.
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Macron visits IS former stronghold in Iraq's Mosul
Macron made the commitment for France to stay put in Iraq during a regional summit in Baghdad largely devoted to the fight against terrorism and the impact of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan as the US withdraws.
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Macron warns against IS as Afghanistan overshadows Iraq summit
French President Emmanuel Macron warned of the threat the Islamic State group poses ahead of an Iraqi summit Saturday overshadowed by the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.
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Macron says 'not putting pressure' on Ireland over tax deal
Ireland has so far resisted signing up to the international framework for the taxation of multinationals, which is backed by the G20 and the OECD.
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New protests as France set to impose Covid health pass
Macron, who faces re-election next year, hopes to encourage all French to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and thereby defeat the virus and its fast-spreading Delta variant.
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French police fire tear gas as thousands protest against virus rules
Some of the protests began in the morning in Paris as the annual military parade for the traditional Bastille Day parade, watched by President Emmanuel Macron, was taking place along the famous Champs-Elysees.
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Macron worries about 'racialised' French society
Movements against racism over the last year such as Black Lives Matter, which resonated in France after arriving from the US, have led to fears among some critics that the country is importing American racial and identity politics sometimes labelled as "woke culture."
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France to legalise IVF for lesbians after two-year debate
The reform will bring France in line with several European countries, including Belgium and Spain, currently two of the top destinations for French lesbian couples and single women looking for help to conceive.
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Macron and Le Pen face new test in French regional vote
The first-round results marked a boost for the traditional right-wing The Republicans as well as the Socialist Party, who have been squeezed after the centrist Macron surged into power in 2017 with his brand-new Republic on the Move party.
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Macron plays down EU refusal on Putin talks
Analysts said Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel had been impressed by the results of a summit between US President Joseph Biden and Putin in Geneva on June 16, and did not want the EU to be sidelined on Russia policy.
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South Africa set to host vaccine tech transfer hub
President Ramaphosa said French President Emmanuel Macron and World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus would join him at a media briefing to announce the initiative.
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Macron honours France's last surviving WWII heroes
The military ceremony was held at Mount Valerien, the hilltop fortress west of Paris where German forces executed more than 1,000 captured fighters and hostages.
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Man who slapped Macron risks jail at court hearing
The man, named as Damien T., has been in custody since the incident on Tuesday and is expected to be convicted of assaulting a public figure when he appears before a magistrate in the southern town of Valence.
