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French unions rally supporters to the streets ahead of pension ruling

Union activists barged into the Paris headquarters of luxury goods company LVMH on Thursday, saying the French government should shelve plans to make people work longer for their pension and tax the rich more instead.

Reuters

Factbox-What's next for France's pension reform?

France's Constitutional Council is due to deliver its verdict on Friday on a deeply unpopular bill which will delay retirement by two years to 64, and on plans for a referendum to challenge it.

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Three possible scenarios as French court prepares to rule on constitutionality of pension reform

France’s highest constitutional authority, the Constitutional Council, will rule Friday on whether President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious pension reform proposal should be accepted, modified or rejected based on the guidelines of the French constitution. FRANCE 24 explains the three possible outcomes.

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Germany foreign minister embarks on post-Macron 'damage control' in China trip

Germany's foreign minister begins a visit to China on Thursday aiming to reassert a common European Union policy toward Beijing days after remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron suggested disarray in the continent's approach to the rising superpower.

Reuters

Macron stands by divisive remark about US allies ‘not being vassals’

French president reaffirms Sunday’s call for Europe to act more independently from US over China and Taiwan

The Guardian - UK

The lady’s not for learning: Liz Truss tells US group she was right all along

Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister tries to channel Margaret Thatcher to buff her image – 3,500 miles from her legacy of political chaos and near economic disaster

The Guardian - US

Warren Buffett says the threat of war was a ‘consideration’ in his decision to dump the bulk of his $4 billion stake in chipmaker giant TSMC

The Oracle of Omaha rarely exits an investment within a few years, let alone a few months, but he felt it best to liquidate his holdings in TSMC over fear of an invasion.

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Macron: France favours 'status quo' on Taiwan, position unchanged

President Emmanuel Macron said France's position on Taiwan had not changed and that he favoured the current "status quo" in respect of the island, after he was asked to clarify comments that prompted a backlash in the United States and Europe.

Reuters

Emmanuel Macron heckled during state visit to Netherlands

French president also criticised for saying Europe should act independently from US over Taiwan

The Guardian - UK

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.’

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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 Week

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.

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.

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.

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.

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