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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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. The Week · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
Radio France Internationale · Apr 12, 2023 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 · Apr 12, 2023 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 · Apr 12, 2023 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.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2023 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 · Apr 11, 2023 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 · Apr 11, 2023 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 · Apr 11, 2023 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 · Apr 11, 2023 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.
Wallpaper · Apr 11, 2023 Marseille’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) reopens with a pop Amidst social turmoil, Marseille’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) reopens following a four-year facelift with a pop-coloured show by Paola Pivi
Radio France Internationale · Apr 11, 2023 Controversy continues on both sides of the Atlantic over Macron's remarks about US, China Following his call for Europe to maintain diplomatic distance from both the US and China, French President Emmanuel Macron begins a state visit to the Netherlands on Tuesday. He will address the Dutch Nexus institute in The Hague on the topic of European security and economic sovereignty.
Bangkok Post · Apr 11, 2023 Macron stirs confusion with Taiwan comments PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron risks creating fresh confusion among his Western allies and encouraging China with his latest headline-grabbing foreign policy comments, this time on Taiwan, analysts say.