Emmanuel Macron

Presidential Election: Le Drian Expected in Beirut Tuesday

French President Emmanuel Macron's personal envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected in Beirut on Tuesday, according to information relayed by local TV channel al-Jadeed. He is due to meet the members of the National Moderation parliamentary bloc over lunch on Wednesday at the Résidence des Pins, the headquarters of the French Embassy in ...

Macron to Visit New Caledonia Amid Mass Unrest

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to the Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia in an attempt to resolve a political crisis, Paris said on Tuesday, as tourists were evacuated from the riot-hit territory after over a week of unrest. Macron "will leave as soon as this evening," government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot said, in a bid to ...

Putin Rejects Macron's Call for Ukraine Ceasefire During Olympics

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Friday that Moscow would not comply with calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Summer Olympics, pointing to what he said was the unfair treatment of Russian athletes. When asked during a visit to China whether he backed French President Emmanuel Macron's idea for a global "Olympic truce" during ...

Macron's 'Choose France' Summit Attracts Record 15bn Investment

France has received combined investment commitments from foreign companies of more than 15 billion euros, President Emmanual Macron's office stated on Monday. The announcement came as Macron kicked off a day of meetings with foreign business leaders at the Chateau de Versailles, called 'Choose France.' The biggest single commitment is by ...

Macron Hosts Xi for Talks on Trade and Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a high altitude lunch at a childhood haunt in the Pyrenees mountains. Macron pressed a message to Beijing not to support Russia's war against Ukraine and to accept fairer trade. The first day of Xi's state visit to France, his first to Europe since 2019, saw ...

Macron Hosts Xi Jinping in France

Xi Jinping arrived in Paris on Sunday, where his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron intends to advocate trade "reciprocity" and the search for a resolution to the war in Ukraine, in the face of a Chinese president who continues to show his support for Russia. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in France on Sunday, on a state visit hosted by ...

Macron Doesn't Rule out Troops for Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron, in an interview with The Economist published on Thursday, reaffirmed that he hasn't ruled out sending troops to Ukraine. He emphasized that such a decision would arise "legitimately" if Russia breached Ukrainian front lines and if Kyiv requested assistance. The interview followed a keynote speech he delivered ...

French-American Synergy and Imminent Regional Settlement

The statement issued at the conclusion of the Elysée meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Lebanese Army (LAF) Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun was capped with the assurance that "President Macron will guarantee follow-through on various points." Consequently, he dispatched Foreign ...

Will Berri Head to Paris?

A former minister reportedly said that if Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri accepts French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to visit Paris, it would constitute a major breakthrough for Lebanon to negotiate a way out of the crisis. A source close to Ain el-Tineh also reported that Berri's visit to Paris could take place around mid-May. In ...

Macron Warns 'Mortal' Europe Needs Stronger Defense

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that Europe faces an existential threat from Russian aggression, calling on the continent to adopt a "credible" defense strategy less dependent on the United States. He described Russia's behavior after its invasion of Ukraine as "uninhibited" and said it was no longer clear where Moscow's ...

Macron Commits to Containing Lebanon-Israel Violence

French President Emmanuel Macron told Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati that France would do "everything in its power" to stop violence from spiraling between Lebanon and Israel, his office said in a statement issued late Friday night. Macron told Mikati in Paris that he would "continue to act for Lebanon's stability" to protect it ...

Macron Concludes his Visit to Brazil

French President Emmanuel Macron concludes a state visit to Brazil on Thursday by addressing differences with his Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva over Ukraine and rejecting the EU-Mercosur trade deal. French President Emmanuel Macron ends his three-day state visit to Brazil on Thursday on a more political note, with the focus on his ...