Apr 4 2023 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron will have to muster all his diplomatic adeptness and political acumen on a three-day state visit to China where the war in Ukraine will be front and center, along with tough talks on trade. Ma...
Mar 21 2023 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — French garbage collectors, refinery workers and others were striking again on Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron's decision to force the divisive bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through without a vote in parliament. ...
Mar 19 2023 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — A parody photo appearing on protest signs and online in France shows President Emmanuel Macron sitting on piles of garbage. It's both a reference to the trash going uncollected with Paris sanitation workers on strike — and to what many Fre...
Feb 28 2023 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — A French court on Tuesday dismissed a case brought against TotalEnergies by activists contending that the energy company’s major oil projects in east Africa violated the human rights of the region’s inhabitants and posed environmental risk...
Feb 27 2023 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to reduce the number of French troops in Africa under a “new security partnership” with the concerned nations and to roll out more ambitious economic policies, in a bid to boost France's waning influe...
Jan 25 2023 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — France's foreign ministry said Wednesday that French troops deployed to fight extremists in Burkina Faso will withdraw within a month following a demand by the country’s military rulers — which came after a similar move from neighboring Ma...
Jan 10 2023 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday unveiled a contentious pension overhaul aimed at raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030, which prompted vigorous calls for strikes and protests from leftist opponents and labor uni...
Jan 4 2023 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — Palestinian lawyer and activist Salah Hammouri vowed to keep up his fight for the rights of the Palestinian people despite his deportation to France following Israel’s claim that he has ties to a banned militant group. Hammo...
Oct 26 2022 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz thrashed it out for three hours in Paris on Wednesday in hopes of bridging gaps between the two neighbors and key European Union allies on issues including energy, defense ...
Sep 29 2022 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — While the European Union has agreed to curtail its use of Russian oil and gas, its member nations continue to import and export nuclear fuel that is not under EU sanctions — to the chagrin of the Ukrainian government and environmental acti...
Jul 6 2022 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne vowed Wednesday to boost jobs, cut taxes, support purchasing power, tackle climate issues and help France better face the consequences of the war in Ukraine — including by nationalizing electricity giant EDF. Borne laid out her main priorities in her first major speech to the National Assembly […]
Apr 23 2022 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is in the pole position to win reelection Sunday in the country's presidential runoff, yet his lead over far-right rival Marine Le Pen depends on one major uncertainty: voters who could decide to stay home. A Macron victory in this vote — which could have far-reaching repercussions for […]
Feb 13 2022 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — He has a full campaign team that’s fanning out around France, meeting with voters. He makes speeches about his future plans for the country. The problem? French President Emmanuel Macron hasn’t officially declared that he’s a candidate for April’s presidential election yet. Critics say he’s unfairly using his taxpayer-funded presidential pulpit to […]
Jan 17 2022 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — French far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour was convicted Monday of inciting racial hatred over 2020 comments he made about unaccompanied migrant children. A Paris court ordered Zemmour to pay a fine of 10,000 euros (more than $11,000) and several thousand euros in damages to anti-racism groups. Zemmour said he will appeal the […]
Jan 13 2022 — Sylvie Corbet (), The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — French teachers voiced anger at the way the French government is handling the pandemic in schools, denounced confusing rules and called for more protection during a nationwide strike on Thursday. Exhausted by the pressures of surging COVID-19 cases, many teachers answered the call by 11 unions to protest virus-linked class disruptions and […]