China's despot Xi Jinping lands at Paris Orly airport on controversial state visit to France accompanied by his wife - and a huge entourage of staff carrying bags

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, landed at Paris Orly airport on Sunday afternoon and were welcomed by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.

Macron Says Limit of 2 Consecutive Presidential Terms 'Takes Away Some of Voters' Freedom'

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - French President Emmanuel Macron has said he has no intention of changing France's constitution, but believes the limit of two consecutive presidential terms "takes away some of the freedom" of voters.

France's Macron set to press visiting Xi on trade, Ukraine

China’s President Xi Jinping heads to Paris on Sunday for a rare visit, with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron set to press him to reduce trade imbalances and try to convince him to use his influence on Russia over the war in Ukraine.

France Seemingly Set to Part Ways With Macron, Come June Elections - Reports

Two recent opinion articles have highlighted the lack of faith the French public has in their leader, Macron. The French president has been described as “trailing the hard right” as he tries to steer the EU into a direction that would mark it as a...

Kremlin: Macron çok tehlikeli konuşuyor

FRANSA Cumhurbaşkanı Emmanuel Macron’un “Ukrayna’nın yenilgiye uğratılmaması için gerekirse ülkeye asker göndermeye hazırız” sözlerine Rusya’dan tepki açıklaması geldi.

Macron and Cameron's Threats to Flood Ukraine With 'Men and Arms': Signs of Weakness?

French President Emmanuel Macron and the British Foreign Secretary David Cameron made inflammatory statements this week pledging new kinds of military assistance to Ukraine. However, experts see signs of weakness in the two leaders' comments,...

Macron is Afraid to Go Down in History as the Leader Who 'Lost Africa'

While French President Emmanuel Macron tries to maintain his façade as a tough guy in politics, his approval rating in France continues to sag.

Fransız uzmanlar: Çocuklar ekrandan uzak durmalı... 18 yaş altına sosyal medya yasaklansın

Fransız uzmanlar, gelişimlerini olumsuz etkilediği gerekçesiyle çocukların 13 yaşına kadar akıllı telefon kullanmamasını, 18 yaşın altındakilerin ise sosyal medyaya girişlerinin yasaklanmasını öneriyor.

Why has Macron gone from 'appeasing' Putin to threatening to send troops into Ukraine and drag NATO into WW3? French president envied Boris Johnson's war leadership - and it's a useful distraction from other issues…

Europe and the United States have now committed more than £130bn to Ukraine in aid but NATO members have stopped short of promising boots on the ground...

Paris inaugurates massive water storage basin to clean up River Seine for Olympics

French officials inaugurated on Thursday a huge water storage basin meant to help clean up the River Seine, set to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons.

Paris rubbish collectors threaten Olympics strike over 'excessive workload'

Paris rubbish collectors could strike over the summer, a major French union said Thursday, raising the spectre of piles of stinking trash on the streets during the Olympic Games.

Macron vows to send TROOPS to Ukraine if Putin's forces break through front lines and Zelensky asks for reinforcements - further raising the risk of NATO going head-to-head with Russia

In an interview published today, Macron did not rule out sending troops to aid Kyiv , saying the issue would 'legitimately' arise if Kyiv made such a request.

Macron reaffirms possibility of sending troops to Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed he did not rule out sending troops to Ukraine, saying the issue would "legitimately" arise if Russia broke through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv made such a request, in an interview with the Economist...

EU plan to make Brits scan their fingerprints and take their photo at the border is likely to cause travel chaos for UK holidaymakers, ministers fear (and we're relying on the French to make the checks work)

British and non-EU passport holders will have to go through fingerprint checks and face scans under the new EU Entry/Exit System (EES). 

Rwanda must halt ‘support’ for M23 rebels, withdraw troops from DR Congo, says Macron

Rwanda must end support for M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and withdraw its troops from its neighbour's territory, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. 

Russia will sink Britain under a nuclear tidal wave and reduce the US to 'radioactive ash' if NATO sends troops into Ukraine, top Putin propagandist warns

Any bid by the West to put boots on the ground in Ukraine to 'inflict a strategic defeat on Russia' would result in Armageddon, warned Dmitry Kiselyov.

DOMINIC LAWSON: As Rwanda plan sees migrants leaving UK for Ireland... Oh, the irony of Dublin now ruing the open border it and the EU both insisted on after Brexit. You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh

The past few days have been ones to treasure. I'm thinking of the fallout from the House of Lords' acceptance of the Government's scheme to give those arriving illegally a ticket to Rwanda.

DOMINIC LAWSON: Oh the irony of Dublin now ruing the open border it and the EU both insisted on after Brexit. You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh

The past few days have been ones to treasure. I'm thinking of the fallout from the House of Lords' acceptance of the Government's scheme to give those arriving illegally a ticket to Rwanda.

ANDREW NEIL: How Macron's France is plunging into a crisis and the warning for Britain

The French state's habit of buying its way out of repeated industrial strife is only one of many reasons why President Macron is finding it hard to get a grip on public spending.

ANDREW NEIL: Those who think the answer to our social ills is MORE welfare spending should take a look across the Channel at the stagnant growth in spendthrift France

The French state's habit of buying its way out of repeated industrial strife is only one of many reasons why President Macron is finding it hard to get a grip on public spending.

Students occupy Paris's Sciences Po university in pro-Palestinian protest

Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States blocked access to a campus building at a prestigious French university Friday, prompting administrators to move all classes online.