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Macron insists won't be US 'vassal' on Taiwan

Amsterdam (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday stood by his controversial comments on Taiwan, saying that being a US ally did not mean being a "vassal".

AFP

Liz Truss hits out at Rishi Sunak and French President Macron in US speech

Liz Truss risked re-opening Conservative Party wounds over Brexit after criticising the government for not moving fast enough to remove EU laws from the statute books.

Evening Standard

Truss: Weakness for Macron to seek China’s help in ending Ukraine conflict

The former prime minister said: ‘We’ve seen accommodation and appeasement by the West of these authoritarian regimes.’

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France wants independence, will stay 'strong and reliable' US ally, finance minister says

French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that France and Europe want to pursue an independent policy path from the United States and China, but intend to be "strong and reliable allies of the United States of America."

Reuters

Shameless Liz Truss takes swipe at Joe Biden as she defends failed tax-slashing plans

Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister was accused of having 'zero shame' as she blamed the 'co-ordinated resistance' during her disastrous time in No10

Daily Mirror

Protesters detained as Macron visits Amsterdam on second day of Netherlands trip

Dutch police arrested two protesters who ran towards French President Emmanuel Macron shouting slogans outside Amsterdam University on Wednesday, a police spokesman said, the second public disturbance during Macron's state visit.

Radio France Internationale

Macron protesters held in fresh unrest on Dutch visit

Amsterdam (AFP) - Dutch police detained two protesters who ran towards French President Emmanuel Macron in Amsterdam on Wednesday as his domestic troubles intruded once again on his state visit.

AFP

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Macron makes no apology for China interview, - French diplomat

French President Emmanuel Macron makes no apology for comments he made in an interview he gave in China, a senior French diplomat told reporters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Top Taiwan leader condemns Macron over China: ‘Are ‘liberté, égalité, fraternité out of fashion?’

French president questions whether it is in France’s interest to ‘accelerate [a crisis] on Taiwan’

The Independent UK

There’s only one winner from Macron’s hardline response to pension protests: the far right

In pushing through with this unpopular reform, the French president is doing the groundwork for Marine Le Pen, writes freelance journalist Oliver Haynes

The Guardian - UK

Protester runs at Macron during state visit to Netherlands

A protester running towards French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to the Netherlands on Wednesday had to be bundled to the ground by security officers.

Reuters

Trump accuses France's Macron of pandering to China

Former U.S. President Donald Trump accused Emmanuel Macron of pandering to China leader Xi Jinping during the French president's recent closely watched visit to Beijing.

Reuters

Protester detained as Macron visits Amsterdam university

Police have tackled and detained a protester who ran, shouting, toward Emmanuel Macron as the French president arrived at a University of Amsterdam science campus on the second day of his state visit to the Netherlands

The Independent UK

Macron’s manifesto: should the EU diverge from US on China?

Emmanuel Macron has suggested Europe should no longer be a “vassal” to the United States and instead forge its own path when dealing with China.

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Radio France Internationale

French MPs debate bill on ‘aging well’ as more people live past 85

France's parliament is debating a bill aimed at adapting society to the growing number of people over 85. But opposition MPs and professionals working with older people say the mini-measures are a far cry from President Emmanuel Macron’s earlier ambitions.

Radio France Internationale

Were Afghan spies working for French secret cell 'left to die' at hands of Taliban?

Dozens of Afghan intelligence agents who worked for the French secret services in Afghanistan say they were abandoned by France after the Taliban took power on 15 August, 2021. These allegations are revealed Wednesday in a joint investigation by RFI, the NGO Lighthouse Reports and daily newspaper Le Monde.

AFP

Macron praised in China for 'brilliant' Taiwan comments

Beijing (AFP) - Emmanuel Macron's unexpected suggestion that Europe not "follow" US policy on Taiwan is being hailed as a "brilliant decision" this week in China, where state news outlets and social media users are lauding his independence.

Tribune News Service

Liz Truss warns Western nations not to appease China over Taiwan

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss will warn Western nations not to appease China over its claims to Taiwan, following a series of Chinese military exercises around the island.

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Reuters

Macron comments leave senior Taiwanese official 'puzzled'

Comments by French President Emmanuel Macron on Taiwan are puzzling, a senior Taiwanese politician said, wondering whether France's founding ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity are now out of fashion.

AFP

Macron heckled by protesters on Dutch state visit

Amsterdam (AFP) - Protesters noisily disrupted French President Emmanuel Macron during a speech about Europe's future Tuesday as his domestic troubles intruded on his state visit to the Netherlands.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss to say Macron trip to China was sign of weakness

Former PM to say in speech that any attempts by western leaders to appease Xi Jinping would be a mistake

France 24

Fallout from Macron’s China visit ripples across Atlantic and Indo-Pacific

The fallout from French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China rippled across the seas on Tuesday as Chinese warships continued to operate near Taiwan, a day after military drills officially ended. Across the Atlantic, Macron’s remarks on Europe risking entanglement in "crises that aren't ours" in relation to Taiwan sparked…

Reuters

Macron's aim of EU unity on China undone by trip fallout

French officials were in damage control mode on Tuesday as they tried to contain anger, division and confusion sparked by President Emmanuel Macron's comments on Europe's dependence on the United States and its relations with China and Taiwan.

Radio France Internationale

Macron lays out his plan for Europe on visit to the Netherlands

French President Emmanuel Macron began a state visit to the Netherlands on Tuesday by delivering a key-note speech on "European sovereignty" at the Nexus Institute in The Hague.

Reuters

Protesters shout down Macron on visit to the Netherlands

Anger against an unpopular pension reform in France followed President Emmanuel Macron to the Netherlands where protesters interrupted a speech he was giving on Tuesday at the start of a two-day state visit.

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