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Emmanuel Macron was humbled this week after New York City cops stopped his vehicle and forced him to wait on the street to make way for Donald Trump's motorcade. Footage shows the perplexed French president stranded on a road moments after he left the UN headquarters in the Big Apple on Monday. 'I'm really sorry, Mr President, everything is frozen', a police officer can be heard telling Macron. The French leader then proceeded to take matters into his own hands, and was shown in a separate video calling his American counterpart on the phone. 'Guess what, I'm waiting in the...

The French officers who denounced the Marrakesh deal have exposed themselves to disciplinary sanctions by the military. Paris: The international conference on the Global Compact for Migration was held on 10 and 11 December 2018 in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, but top level military figures denounced it as treason in an open letter the head of state. Contacted by L’Opinion, the Ministry of the Armed Forces called the move “inadmissible and unworthy”. The open letter was sent by 13 officers opposed to France signing the Compact. The Minister of the Armies, Florence Parly dismissed the remarks contained in the...