Tag: Emmanuel Macron

Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:50 UTC
Johnson in intensive care; Raab deputizes; support from Trump and Macron

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, although his Downing Street office said he was still conscious. Britain has no formal succession plan should the prime minister become incapacitated, but Johnson, 55, has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:37 UTC
Socialist Paris mayor makes Lula da Silva an honorary citizen of the city

Paris city hall made Brazil’s former leader Lula da Silva an honorary citizen on Monday, in a likely blow to his political enemy President Jair Bolsonaro whose relationship with France has deteriorated. The motion to honour Lula was backed by the city’s Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo.
Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:23 UTC
Brexit is a “historic warning sign”, the reaction from Paris on EU reforms

Brexit is a “historic warning sign” for the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said hours before Britain's departure from the EU, adding that it meant “we need more Europe”.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Macron melee with Israeli security during a visit to the St Anne Jerusalem Basilica

“Go outside,” French President Emmanuel Macron demanded in English in a melee with Israeli security men on Wednesday, demanding they leave a Jerusalem basilica that he visited before a Holocaust memorial conference.
Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:22 UTC
French transport strike enters fourth week with unions pledging to press on

The head of a hard-line French trade union on Friday vowed to press on with a crippling strike that has cast a shadow over Christmas celebrations, with the stoppages entering a fourth week and becoming the longest-lasting such action since the 1980s.
Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
France braces for a fifth day of public transport chaos as strike against pension reform persists

French commuters and tourists braced for a fifth day of public transport chaos Monday as the government prepared to respond to widespread anger over pension reform that has sparked open-ended walkouts.
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 08:55 UTC
French general strike against planned reform of pensions enters second day

A strike that crippled public transport and closed schools across France entered a second day on Friday, with trade unions saying they planned to keep going until President Emmanuel Macron backs down from a planned reform of pensions.
Wednesday, December 4th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Huge national strike challenges Macron's pension system overhaul

Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on Tuesday for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to President Emmanuel Macron's sweeping reform drive.
Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:20 UTC
French winemakers' lobby convince Macron to forget about a 'Dry January'

The French government has quietly abandoned a campaign urging people to refrain from drinking alcohol in January after winemakers pushed President Emmanuel Macron to drop a plan they say promotes “total abstinence”.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Yellow Vests in France celebrate first anniversary of protests with clashes in Paris

French “yellow vest” demonstrators occupied a top Parisian department store on Sunday, a day after clashes in the capital on the first anniversary of the protest movement. The glitzy Galeries Lafayette store in the Opera shopping district was evacuated after dozens of protesters chanting anti-capitalist and anti-government slogans took over the third floor.