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Residents say Emmanuel Macron has abandoned the island in the wake of cyclone ... telling them: “If it wasn’t for France, you’d be 10,000 times deeper in s***”. Nearly a week after the storm hit, the lack of potable water was testing nerves in ...
"Mayotte is demolished," an airport security agent told President Emmanuel Macron as he arrived in the remote French territory five days after Cyclone Chido.
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived to the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte to survey the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Chido.
France’s embattled President Emmanuel Macron has appointed centrist ally Francois Bayrou as prime minister, he announced on Friday, as he seeks to calm a political crisis that has left his authority dwindling by the day. Macron’s office made the ...
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed full support on Saturday for Ethiopia's debt restructuring efforts, emphasising the need for a swift resolution "in the coming weeks".
President Emmanuel Macron of France named the choices less than three weeks after the previous government collapsed. He had already picked François Bayrou as prime minister. By Richard Fausset ...
In a bid to end political turmoil, France's president named Francois Bayrou prime minister. One lawmaker likened France's crisis to a 'bad movie.'
France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Ukraine must have a pivotal role in any potential negotiations over Russia’s war in the country.
Centrist leader François Bayrou has become France's latest prime minister, chosen by President Emmanuel Macron in a bid to end months of political turmoil.
Political instability in Germany and France, combined with the return of Donald Trump in 2025, threatens to undermine the EU's ability to shape responses to the Ukraine war and other geopolitical and economic challenges.