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Centenary of the WWI Armistice, in photos
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts world leaders, from U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to celebrate the November 11, 1918...
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Macron’s Trump containment operation
PARIS — Donald Trump is no longer allowed to steal the show — at least not when it’s being held on Europe’s stage. At a G7 summit in Quebec last June, and a NATO leaders’ summit in Brussels a month...
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In the Yellow Jackets’ heartland
THURY-HARCOURT, France — While journalists were being assaulted by gilets jaunes protesters all over France, I was visiting the local Yellow Jackets on a roundabout next to the supermarket. They...
View ArticleBrigitte Macron to teach literature in tough Paris suburb
Brigitte Macron, France’s first lady, will teach literature to unemployed people in Clichy-Sous-Bois, a notorious banlieue east of Paris known as the starting point for the riots that erupted in 2005....
View ArticleBrazilian ambassador: Brigitte Macron ‘is very beautiful’
Brazil’s ambassador to France weighed in on the spat between the two countries’ leaders on Tuesday, by praising Brigitte Macron’s looks. Luís Fernando Serra said on French TV that France’s first lady...
View ArticleBrazil’s president might take G7 Amazon aid if Macron withdraws ‘insults’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro backtracked on his earlier rejection of financial help from the G7 to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest — on the condition that Emmanuel Macron withdraws his...
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Inside Macron’s coronavirus war
Like other national leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron is fighting to save lives and prevent an economic depression. But he is also battling for the survival of his political vision | Thibaud...
View ArticleHow Fort de Brégançon can ruin a French president’s summer
Fort de Brégançon is beautiful, secluded and a perfect getaway from the hustle and bustle of Paris. It’s also been a pain in the derrière for French president after French president. It’s also old and...
View ArticleBrigitte Macron goes into coronavirus quarantine
France’s first lady Brigitte Macron will self-isolate for a week after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, 67, doesn’t have any...
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9 Trump moments Europeans loved to loathe
On election day, Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted out his “electoral map prediction” in which all of Europe was colored Republican red (apart from Croatia, which wasn’t colored in at all). But little Don’s...
View ArticleHow Biden puts Emmanuel Macron in a bind
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump didn’t see eye to eye on anything much. But in some ways, life was simpler for the French president before Joe Biden entered the White House. With Trump...
View Article4 ways to ruin French Christmas dinner
How do you spoil French Christmas? With Australian wine? British food? Or maybe just a good, old-fashioned argument. Any holiday that involves a family reunion brings its share of disagreements and...
View ArticleMelania Trump’s hat from Macron visit … yours for just $250K in crypto
Christmas may have gone but it’s not too late to get your hands (and head) on a lovely, if pricey, gift — an “iconic” hat that Melania Trump wore when the Macrons visited the White House. The former...
View ArticleMacron goes after online platforms, foreign ‘propaganda’ media
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron says online platforms and foreign “propaganda” media are the main drivers behind the spread of disinformation in the country — and he wants to rein them in....
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All the French president’s men (and one woman)
Illustrations by Antony Hare for POLITICO PARIS — Call them Emmanuel Macron’s praetorian guard. As the French president prepares to seek reelection in April, he has turned to a select group of close...
View ArticleLa nomination d’un proche du couple Macron à la tête du Mucem crée des remous
Le choix de Pierre-Olivier Costa, actuel directeur de cabinet de Brigitte Macron, pour prendre la direction du Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (Mucem), fait bruisser le petit...
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France’s global push for online child safety
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron made the protection of children online one of his top priorities during his re-election campaign. He now wants to make France a global influencer on the issue....
View ArticleCourt fines 2 women for spreading lie that Brigitte Macron was born male
PARIS — A French court convicted two women of libel for spreading transphobic rumors about France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron, according to local media reports. In December 2021, the two women — one...
View ArticleBrigitte Macron’s relative assaulted in apparent politically motivated attack
PARIS — The great-nephew of France’s first lady Brigitte Macron was beaten up in what appears to have been a politically motivated attack, sparking widespread condemnation in the country. 30-year-old...
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Embattled Macron struggles to reconnect with France
DUNKIRK, France — Emmanuel Macron couldn’t have hoped for a more engaging crowd. A group of women — workers with hard helmets and protective gear — were asking for a photo. “You’re being mobbed by the...
View ArticleWorld’s richest man lobbied Macron to ditch prime minister
Cet article est disponible en français.PARIS ― Bernard Arnault, one of the world’s most powerful CEOs, personally lobbied Emmanuel Macron to replace Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne with a more...
View ArticleWho is Gabriel Attal, France’s new prime minister?
PARIS — After days of speculation, Emmanuel Macron surprised France by picking 34-year-old Gabriel Attal, who had just recently taken charge of the French education ministry, as the country’s new...
View ArticleÉcrans, cyberharcèlement : comment Brigitte Macron s’active en coulisse
30 août 2023, retour des vacances. La secrétaire d’Etat à l’Europe Laurence Boone reçoit dans son élégant bureau du ministère des Affaires étrangères. Autour d’un café, sont réunis quatre...
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Macron or Rocky? French president is latest politician to put on boxing gloves
Macron or Rocky? French president is latest politician to put on boxing gloves France’s leader has been practicing his boxing. And he’s not the only one. POLITICO photo-illustration (source images via...
View ArticleDowning Street was ‘infested with fleas,’ Liz Truss says in new memoir
The U.K. prime minister’s residence in Downing Street was infested with fleas, former PM Liz Truss charges in her new memoir. Truss, who had the shortest tenure as leader in British history at just 49...
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Liz Truss on Trump, Brexit and … fleas? 9 things we learned reading her new...
LONDON — They say history is written by the victors, but that hasn’t stopped Liz Truss having a go. The former British prime minister — perhaps best known internationally for failing to outlast a...
View ArticleScholz and Macron to hold secret dinner in Paris ahead of Xi’s visit
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday night in Paris for a dinner to discuss European Union and China policy. The clandestine meeting of two...
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The magnificent mind of Emmanuel Macron
The magnificent mind of Emmanuel Macron The president is a lonely, tragic figure whose strange personality has inflicted chaos and carnage on French politics. By JAMIL ANDERLINI Illustration by...
View ArticleBrigitte Macron to appear in Netflix hit show ‘Emily in Paris’
France’s first lady Brigitte Macron will appear in the latest season of hit Netflix show “Emily in Paris,” according to the show’s star. Lily Collins, who plays the title role in the romcom drama,...
View ArticleTwo women ordered to pay Brigitte Macron €8,000 for spreading transphobic rumors
PARIS — Two women were found guilty of libel on Thursday and ordered to pay thousands of euros in damages after spreading a fake transphobic rumor that French first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man...
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