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The United States is Britain’s most important ally. But America, with its vast military, security guarantees and economic might, is lots of countries’ most important ally. As such, our relationship is inherently asymmetrical. We follow their off-year gubernatorial elections, they don’t know where Wales is. Alas, we are more into them…

France braced for a new round of protests against a plan to overhaul the pension system on Saturday. More than a million demonstrators marched in cities across France this week in open-ended strikes against the government's plans.

Rishi Sunak said he wanted to usher in a ‘new chapter’ in Anglo-French relations after meeting Emmanuel Macron.

Rishi Sunak is pictured in an embrace with French president Emmanuel Macron on the newspaper Libération’s front page.

PM announces £500m package to stop people trying to cross Channel, after meeting Emmanuel Macron in Paris

Rishi Sunak hailed the summit as a ‘new beginning’ in Anglo-French relations

Watch as Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron hold a joint news conference after their bilateral summit.

The move is counter to the original plans for the two leaders’ meeting.

The length of the get-together in the Elysee Palace took officials by surprise

French President Emmanuel Macron has written to labor unions insisting on the need to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years

It wasn’t quite a state visit — British prime ministers leave much of the pomp and ceremony to the monarch. But Rishi Sunak’s summit with French President Emmanuel Macron represented more than a casual catch-up between former investment bankers.