Tag: Emmanuel Macron

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  French runoff, a choice between Macron’s unexciting centrism and Le Pen’s unsullied Trumpism

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – French President Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, but he’s still in trouble. He knew he would be. Here’s what he said on Saturday.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Macron, LePen set up rematch rendez-vous at France's presidential 2nd rd

  

  Following Sunday's first round, France is looking ahead to a rematch of the presidential runoff from five years ago. The incumbent Emmanuel Macron, who won on that occasion and also came out first this weekend, will once again take on the far-right Marine Le Pen on April 24.

• Saturday, April 9th 2022 - 15:40 UTC

  France: LePen narrows gap with Macron hours before elections

  

  National Front leader Marine LePen is said to have closed the gap with the incumbent Emmanuel Macron as campaigning for Sunday's presidential elections closed.

• Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 08:18 UTC

  ”Ukraine belongs to the European family”, but... no fast track access to EU

  

  Ukraine belongs to the European family and we will support Ukraine in pursuing its European path,” but the accession process will have to be complied before, was the message from the 27 EU leaders meeting at the Versailles palace in Paris.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 09:17 UTC

  Anticipation on first OOS Summit's conclusions grows globally

  

  The One Ocean Summit (OOS), an environmentalist gathering in the city of Brest sponsored by the French presidency of the Council of the European Union, is to deliver its findings Friday after three days of deliberations among delegates from up to 40 countries, which agree that regarding pollution and the preservation of water “we are all in the same boat.”

• Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Ukraine crisis: US finds Macron's diplomatic efforts encouraging

  

  The Government of the United States said French President Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic attempts to cool off the Ukraine crisis had shown some encouraging signs.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 07:36 UTC

  The Battle for the French Right

  

  By Daniel Cohen – The French presidential election in April will almost certainly be decided in a second-round contest between the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron, and one of the right-wing candidates. Much, therefore, will depend on the performance of potential spoilers like Éric Zemmour, the French version of Donald Trump

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 08:33 UTC

  France's First Lady to sue those who say she is a transgender woman

  

  France's First Lady Brigitte Macron Tuesday said she would sue all those who have spread fake news about her being in fact a transgender woman, who has allegedly changed her sex and birth name of Jean-Michel Trogneux.

• Wednesday, December 15th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Macron wish list: dialogue with China and Russia, digital economy, and a “good faith” UK government

  

  France will be holding the rotating six-month European Council presidency in the first half of 2022 and president Emmanuel Macron announced the priorities for the block during its tenure: rethinking the EU budget, dialogue with Russia and Vladimir Putin, and the ongoing dispute with the post-Brexit British government.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 19:16 UTC

  Macron says “BoJo” is a clown as ties between France, UK get worse by the hour

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron has reportedly called British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a “clown,” according to press articles released Thursday in Europe.