French President Emmanuel Macron has said that France will officially recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations in September. Macron shared the news on Thursday on social media. He said, “France believes in peace in the Middle East. That’s why I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine. I will […]
France to Recognize State of Palestine at UN in September PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will officially recognize the State of Palestine in September at the United Nations General Assembly. Posting on social media, Macron said, “True to its historic commitment to peace in the Middle East, I have decided […]
“I ask that the free and independent press be allowed to access Gaza to show what is happening there and to bear witness,” he told France Inter radio in an interview from eastern Ukraine. He spoke after the AFP news agency warned that the lives of Palestinian freelance journalists it was working with in Gaza […]
France had aimed to double its defence budget from 2017 levels by 2030. However, Emmanuel Macron pledged to reach the target by 2027. A military budget that stood at 32 billion euros ($37.40 billion) in 2017 will rise to 64 billion euros by 2027, with an additional 3.5 billion euros allocated for next year and […]
The draft legislation proposes simplifying approvals for breeding facilities and irrigation reservoirs and re-authorising a banned neonicotinoid pesticide used in sugar beet cultivation that environmentalists say is harmful to bees. It is part of a trend in numerous European Union states to unwind environmental legislation as farmers grapple with rising input costs and households struggle […]
Macron will meet with senior officials today to discuss a report that describes the Muslim Brotherhood as a “threat to national cohesion” in France, warning it risks undermining “the fabric of society and republican institutions”. The ban proposed by the Renaissance party would forbid “minors under 15 from wearing the veil in public spaces,” phrasing […]
Iran is looking to build on the momentum of nuclear negotiations with the United States that resumed in Oman on Saturday and after talks with Russia and China last week. Omani officials have said a new round of U.S.-Iran talks could be held on May 3 in Europe. No formal decision has been taken. Iran’s […]
“I am asking Algerian authorities to abandon these expulsion measures… if the decision to send back our officials is maintained, we will have no other choice but to respond immediately,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said. The 12 include some members of the French interior ministry, a diplomatic source told AFP. On Friday, French prosecutors indicted […]
Grondeau, 34, “is free and with his loved ones”, Macron wrote on X, adding that “our mobilization will not weaken” to ensure the release of two other French citizens still detained by Iran in what Paris views as state hostage-taking. Macron did not give further details on the circumstances of Grondeau’s release after an almost […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered the biggest confrontation between the West and Russia since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and both the Kremlin and the White House have cautioned against missteps that could trigger World War Three. But the advance of Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024 and U.S. President Donald Trump’s upending of U.S. […]
