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[WATCH] 2017 in review: Stories that made international headlines
CNN takes a look at the major international news stories from 2017.
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Macron opens door to changes in mainland-Corsica relationship
An alliance of Corsica’s two main nationalist parties swept a local election on 10 December and has been pressing for talks with Paris
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Forces fighting jihadists get festive treat from Macron
Emmanuel Macron is taking a chef to cook a special meal for the soldiers from France, the United States, Canada and Germany.
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Iran tells France's Macron not to 'blindly follow' Trump
Tensions between Iran and France have risen in recent months after Emmanuel Macron said Tehran should be less aggressive in the Middle East.
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'World losing the battle against climate change'
Emmanuel Macron, who has worked to establish his role as a global leader, says modern-day science was revealing with each day the danger that global warming posed to the planet.
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Macron seeks climate financing after US withdrawal from Paris accord
Emmanuel Macron will want to show that progress towards those hard-fought goals is being made, even after President Donald Trump said in June that he was withdrawing from the pact.
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Macron's promise of new France-Africa ties raises heckles
Emmanuel Macron was also subjected to rowdy student questions at the university after his speech in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou.
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France, Germany urge more action on climate after Trump quits
Donald Trump, who doubts climate change is primarily caused by man-made emissions, said in June that he would pull out of the Paris Agreement and promote the coal and fossil fuel industries.
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France pays tribute to Paris dead two years on
Flowers were laid and victims’ names read out at otherwise silent homage ceremonies in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron at the six sites struck on 13 November 2015 in attacks
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As France emergency rule ends, Macron defends new anti-terrorism law
The law gives the police greater powers to search properties, conduct electronic eavesdropping and shut down mosques suspected of preaching hatred than they had prior to the state of emergency.
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Majority of people in France now dissatisfied with Macron – poll
Forty percent expressed satisfaction with the centrist leader - down 14 points from July.
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Russia used Facebook to try to spy on Macron campaign – sources
Facebook said in April it had taken action against fake accounts that were spreading misinformation about the French election.
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French President Macron's popularity rating drops
The poll, published in the 'Journal du Dimanche' newspaper, said 54% of people in France were satisfied with Macron in July, compared with 64% in June.
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France’s Macron shares Israel’s concerns about Lebanon’s Hezbollah
Tensions have risen between Hezbollah and its longtime foe Israel since Donald Trump became US president with his tough talk against Iran.
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Australian foreign minister criticizes Trump's remark to French first lady
The criticism follows an acrimonious January telephone call between Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull when Trump hung earlier than the scheduled hour.
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Smiles replace grimaces as Macron welcomes Trump to Paris
Trump comes to France beset by allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election.
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France to push ahead with tax cuts in 2018 after Macron overrules PM
The president's intervention comes just days after PM Edouard Philippe had suggested the cuts would be postponed into 2019 as France struggles to contain its public deficit.
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France and Africans must eradicate 'terrorists, thugs, murderers' - Macron
Islamist militant groups, some with links to al-Qaeda, seized control of Mali’s desert north in 2012.
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Macron wins strong parliamentary majority, according to estimates
Official figures with 90 seats still left to be decided showed LREM had already won its majority.
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France’s Macron says EU door remains open to UK
On Tuesday, May and Macron also said they had agreed on an action plan on counter-terrorism.
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Britain, France to join forces to combat online extremism – May
Britain and France will join forces to press companies to do more to tackle online extremism, Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Tuesday.
