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France may have a new Prime Minister but officially it does not have a cabinet. Sebastien Lecornu delayed appointment of cabinet ministers for more than two weeks leaving the outgoing ministers serving with limited powers. Many powers left to judicial-administrative parts of the government. Yesterday Mr. Lecornu saying he will have a cabinet... President Emmanuel Macron speaking to the UN General Assembly and recognizing the State of Palestine. Macron also calling for release... "I see an American President who is mobilized, who says 'I want the Nobel Peace Prize'. The Nobel Peace Prize is only possible if you stop this...

If U.S. President Donald Trump really wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize, he needs to stop the war in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. Speaking to France's BFM TV from New York, Macron said that only Trump has the power to put pressure on Israel to end the war. "There is one person who can do something about it, and that is the U.S. president. And the reason he can do more than us, is because we do not supply weapons that allow the war in Gaza to be waged. We do not supply equipment that...

French President Emmanuel Macron said it was out of line for Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France and the father of President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, to publicly accuse him of taking insufficient action to combat antisemitism, and for him to link France's foreign policy positions to domestic incidents of violence against Jews in France. In a letter he published in the Wall Street Journal to Macron in August, Kushner wrote that he had "deep concern over the dramatic rise of antisemitism in France and the lack of sufficient action by your government to confront it." "Public statements haranguing...

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to pull off a grand diplomatic coup on Monday by collecting several Western countries together to recognize a Palestinian state, but he’s a long way from delivering a genuine breakthrough in Gaza. The limits to what he can achieve at the United Nations General Assembly are clear. European heavyweights like Germany and Italy will not be joining his initiative and there’s little prospect his efforts can sway U.S. President Donald Trump or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war. The big idea in New York is to trumpet the recognition of Palestinian statehood...

The conference co-sponsored by France and Saudi Arabia set for the United Nations in New York this Monday to recognize a Palestinian state. It's strongly opposed by Israel and the United States which cancelled diplomatic visas for Palestinian officials to attend the UN General Assembly... President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed his intention to recognize Palestine following a conversation with... But France is being compliant with Israel when it comes to Iran President Macron now saying "snapback" sanctions on Iran... Mr. Macron made his comments on Iran in conjunction with an interview conducted by Israel's Channel 12 in which he slammed Israel's...

Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman. Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they have taken against the right-wing influencer Candace Owens after she promoted her belief that Brigitte Macron was born male. Ms Owens' lawyers have responded with a motion to dismiss the claim. Speaking to the BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast, the Macrons' lawyer in the case, Tom Clare, said Mrs Macron had found the claims "incredibly upsetting" and...

Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman. Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they have taken against the right-wing influencer Candace Owens after she promoted her belief that Brigitte Macron was born male. Ms Owens' lawyers have responded with a motion to dismiss the claim. Speaking to the BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast, the Macrons' lawyer in the case, Tom Clare, said Mrs Macron had found the claims "incredibly upsetting" and...

President Emmanuel Macron moved quickly when his government led by Premier Francois Bayrou lost a confidence vote Monday. The 384-194 vote was a sign of deep opposition to the austere 2026 budget. Macron's quick move to appoint Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu as Prime Minister... demonstrations called to 'block everything' led to various events blocking roads and railroads involving thousands of protesters leading to hundreds of arrests... Mr. Macron quick to contact the Emir of Qatar following Tuesday's Israeli attack. Macron denouncing the attack... he met families of the Israeli hostages at the Elysee Palace Wednesday... The French-Saudi conference on a...

"offense to France as a whole" President Macron On Prime Minister Netanyahu's Linkage Of Palestinian State Recognition To Antisemitism French President Emmanuel Macron rejecting the accusation of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that France's decision to recognize a Palestinian state fuels antisemitism... The French foreign ministry calling in US Ambassador Charles Kushner when he raised the notion that France was falling short in dealing with antisemitism... Jordan Bardella now literally the point man for the National Rally with Marine Le Pen sidelined by a corruption conviction and a ban on running for public office... An Elabe poll this weekend puts...

"You go there if you want. Put your helmet on, your jacket, your rifle and you go to Ukraine" Some of the comments of Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini aimed... A French national detained by Russian authorities accused of collecting information about the Russian military related to the Ukraine War. Court documents say that Laurent Vinatier... A 24-year-old homeless man is suspected of four murders after bodies were found in the Seine River southeast of Paris on August 13th... Next week the government will receive politicians and trade unions to discuss Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's...

France has pulled its military out of former colonial territories in Africa's Sahel region asked to do so by new governments friendlier to Russia than France. But in the nation of Mali this week the military government saying a group receiving 'help from foreign states' were seeking to 'destabilize the institutions' of the country... This week the prosecutors office in Montpellier suggested arson in last week's wildfire that scorched 17,000 hectares over 40,000 acres in the Aude department of southwestern France... Video this afternoon from Paris of a protest... "a serious violation of international law" That's part of a statement...

French President Emmanuel Macron formally asking Prime Minister Francois Bayrou to take a tougher line when it comes to former colonial territory Algeria. Tensions rising as Algeria has cracked down on... France has disappointed Algeria with its embrace of neighboring Morocco... "Such an operation would worsen an already catastrophic situation" The social media message Friday from France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan for total military control of Gaza... Meanwhile US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims the stalemate in Gaza between Israel and Hamas can be blamed on France... The protest in Paris this...

As you may recall, Candace Owens ran a series of podcasts earlier this year in which she claimed the First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron, was actually a trans woman. A couple weeks ago, the Macrons sued Owens in a US court, seeking damages for 22 separate counts of defamation. There's no dollar amount in the complaint but it's presumably going to run into six or seven figures. For the record, Owens doesn't deny that there was a person named Brigitte Trogneux who was born a woman. Her story is that at some point, for unknown reasons, Brigitte disappeared and...

Sir Keir Starmer has presented a UK-led peace plan for the Middle East to Donald Trump as he met the US president in Scotland. The Prime Minister started work on a plan with France and Germany over the weekend after an emergency call with the two countries’ leaders, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz. His official spokesman had said earlier that he planned to share details with key allies, including Arab states, in the coming days. In a readout of his meeting with the US president, Downing Street said the two reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire to pave the way...

Investigating judges in Paris this week ordering a trial for fugitive business executive Carlos Ghosn and France's Minister of Culture Rachida Dati. Ghosn is the former CEO of Renault-Nissan when two automakers were merged. Just before their breakup Mr. Ghosn arrested and accused by Japanese authorities... On Wednesday word that Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed suit in US federal court in Delaware against online influencer Candace Owens. Owens has amplified the story of Brigitte Macron's past beyond Europe and France alleging that Mrs. Macron was born male... Emmanuel Macron announcing Thursday night that France will recognize a Palestinian state in...

France will recognise a Palestinian state in September at the UN general assembly, Emmanuel Macron has said. The French president announced the decision on X on Thursday evening, saying he hoped it would bring peace to the region. Macron published a letter sent to Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, confirming France’s intention to become the first major western power to recognise a Palestinian state. “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognise the State of Palestine,” Macron said. “I will make this solemn announcement at the...

France's budget rollout this week came on the day after Bastille Day also in the middle of the summer. It was a shocking and controversial budget but not entirely unexpected. France faces the challenge of compliance with fiscal rules of the European Union and compliance with the increase in NATO defense spending as demanded by US President Donald Trump... If the opposition join forces to censure the government in response the road to new elections is opened where the opposition may be able to maintain or even gain legislative strength... The troops in Senegal pulling out at the request of...

France's Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu revealing that France shot down about 10 Iranian drones during the recent conflict between Israel and Iran. Lecornu telling the parliamentary debate on the war... "real impact" President Emmanuel Macron describing the US attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend as successful backing the views of President Donald Trump and the Pentagon... "We're going to burn your Palestine" Those words from two people who confronted the Leftist European Parliament member Rima Hassan outside a Paris real estate office... In Paris this afternoon the "Historic Yellow Vests"... Will there be a sudden dissolution of the National...

Former Prime Minister Francois Fillon given a four-year suspended prison sentence by an appeals court this week after his 2022 conviction. The original sentence in 2022 was for Fillon to... The G7 Summit in Canada overshadowed by the Israel-Iran War. As President Emmanuel Macron returned home on Wednesday a more threatening tone from President Donald Trump... Mr. Macron saying on Friday that he supports a parliamentary debate on the Israel-Iran War and wants to see the government organize one. He also said he wants to talk to political party leaders about... This afternoon in Paris a protest in opposition to...

The murder of a 31-year-old teaching assistant by a 14-year-old student using a knife triggering the responsive reflexes of the French secular state. Quick calls for action on 'knife crime'... Ahead of the now postponed conference on the Palestinians France is co-chairing with Saudi Arabia, President Macron getting a message... When it comes to Iran one sees France clearly in the US-Israel camp when all is said and done. France came in on the heels of President Trump's toughening attitude towards Iran at midweek... And that closeness to the US position again came out as Israel launched its attacks on...