To Ursula, with love: Paris sends Brussels the anti-Breton

France’s incoming commissioner is a Macron loyalist who prefers backroom dealing to attention-grabbing stunts.

Rachida Dati rêve d’une French Tech du jeu vidéo

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Barnier and Macron on collision course over fixing France’s finances

French president appears to fundamentally disagree with the course of budget discipline advocated by his country’s prime minister.

Macron, hard-line interior minister agree to disagree on immigration crackdown after first meeting

The meeting was described as an opportunity to share perspectives — without the goal of reaching an agreement.

Régulation de l’IA : demandez le programme !

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French PM Barnier’s shadow follows Macron to Brussels

Weakened on the domestic front, the French president could also face pressure from his prime minister’s influence in Brussels.

Le potentiel rachat d’Ubisoft, l’autre dossier qui fait suer le gouvernement

Les parlementaires veulent inciter l’exécutif à prévenir la menace d’un rachat d’un fleuron de l’industrie française par le chinois Tencent.

Les 42 personnes qui comptent dans la tech

Ministres, PDG ou lobbyistes, ils façonnent le débat public sur le sujet.

‘Isolated’ France faces political storm over EU-South American trade deal

An already weakened Macron risks outrage from farmers as the rest of the EU races to get Mercosur deal done.  

Zelenskyy to meet Macron in Paris to talk weapons

French president wants to showcase his support for Kyiv despite budgetary restraints.

Can French PM Barnier outlive Liz Truss and the lettuce?

France has a new government, but it may not last long.

New French government deal struck, PM Barnier says

The agreement still must be approved by French President Emmanuel Macron.

How Macron dodged political death … for now

He threw his allies under the bus.

Stéphane Séjourné replaces Thierry Breton as France’s nominee for European commissioner

Breton dramatically resigned earlier Monday with a blast at his boss, Ursula von der Leyen.

Macron eyes Michel Barnier for prime minister

The French president seeks to form a new government two months after a snap election defeat.

Top Macron ally bets he’ll be gone in months

Insiders say popular former PM is preparing for Macron to step down, despite French president’s insistence he’ll stay in office until end of his term.

Macron’s whirlwind hunt for new prime minister sends French politics into a frenzy

Even young students are grilling current Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on who will succeed him.

Macron sweats under growing pressure to appoint prime minister

The French president will hold talks Monday with former Socialist PM Bernard Cazeneuve, seen as a front-runner for the job.

Macron to meet with Socialist PM front-runner Monday

France has been embroiled in a political crisis since Macron called a snap election in June.

UK’s Starmer lovebombs Scholz — but no going back on Brexit

Joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shows Britain’s new leader working to heal Brexit wounds — while walking a fine line back home.

Keir Starmer learns how not to lead from Olaf Scholz

On a visit to Berlin, the new U.K. prime minister may look at his German counterpart as a cautionary tale.

UK’s Starmer wants to ‘turn a corner on Brexit’

Britain’s new leader heads to Berlin and Paris to talk up a fresh pact with Germany — and closer ties with Europe.

French left looks to UK Labour as a model for booting out Mélenchon

France’s centrist socialists are eyeing Britain’s experience of how to purge the hard left.

French left splits again after Mélenchon calls for Macron’s impeachment

Fresh spat in the left-wing New Popular Front alliance is good news for the Macron camp, which hopes to benefit from a fragmented opposition.

Macron to hold consultations next week to form new government

Possible new PMs include left-wing Lucie Castets, former socialist heavyweight Bernard Cazeneuve and conservative Xavier Bertrand.

As riots rage back home, Keir Starmer is a smash hit with the French

But it will take more than a serenade to woo Paris.

7 EU countries press Venezuela to release voting records of contested election

France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal urge the Venezuelan government to “release promptly all the tally sheets” from controversial vote.

European capitals scramble to avoid Middle East escalation

France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. are reaching out to Middle Eastern counterparts to urge calm.

King Charles’ €500K lobster dinner blows hole in French presidency’s budget

A state dinner with the U.K.’s king cost the French nearly €500,000.

L’Elysée a dépensé sans compter en 2023

La présidence de la République affiche un déficit de plus de 8 millions d’euros selon la Cour des comptes, qui appelle à des “efforts significatifs”.

Jeux olympiques 2024 : un terrain en or pour les sponsors

LVMH, Coca-Cola, Allianz… les plus grosses entreprises se partagent les lieux emblématiques de Paris, pour le plaisir comme pour les affaires.

Emmanuel Macron woos top global business chiefs at lavish Elysée lunch

President seeks to reassure attendees including Elon Musk that France is still a good investment despite political crisisOver vintage bottles of wine from the Elysée Palace cellars and a cordon bleu lunch, Emmanuel Macron has sought to reassure 40 of t…

Macron meets Musk, world’s top executives amid political turmoil and Olympics

French president will use the occasion to pursue his charm offensive among foreign investors.

The end of the French exception

A fragmented election with no clear winner is typical for most EU countries. Can France learn to love the messy art of compromise?

2 percent on defense? That is so last year.

One of the NATO Summit’s biggest guessing games this week: What should members spend on defense?

Jets privés ou EasyJet, le grand écart des voyages ministériels

Une nuit d’hôtel à Montréal pour 310 euros pour une ministre ; 14 600 euros pour l’hébergement de l’ensemble d’une délégation ministérielle pendant deux jours à Singapour ; un aller-retour en jet privé à 45 000 euros pour une autre ; un voyage d’une centaine d’euros dans un vol low-cost jusqu’en Egypte pour une troisième… […]

Macron’s camp plots unlikely comeback amid French election chaos

With no one in charge, the French president’s allies believe anything is possible.

The magnificent mind of Emmanuel Macron

The president is a lonely, tragic figure whose strange personality has inflicted chaos and carnage on French politics.

Who could be the next French PM?

The winning left-wing alliance has many options for Prime Minister. None of them will make everyone happy.

Marine Le Pen vs. Jordan Bardella: France’s next power struggle

A budding rivalry could tear apart the French far right’s “winning ticket.”

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Where’s Macron? French president disappears amid election crisis

Facing a snap election wipeout, Emmanuel Macron’s allies have told him to shut up.

Le Pen’s far right set for big win in first round of French election

Early projections show National Rally on course for victory in the vote for a new parliament as Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble backfires.

Giorgia Meloni hits out at EU top jobs backroom deal

The Italian prime minister also called the EU ‘an invasive bureaucratic giant.’

From political woes to economic ones: The first roaring week of France’s election campaign

France has broken EU rules when it comes to fiscal policy, according to the European Commission’s latest report. In response, the Elysée has until September to present a plan able to quell Brussels’s fears.

Postes clés de l’UE : les nouvelles exigences de la droite perturbent les négociations

Les 27 chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement ne sont pas parvenus à un accord lundi soir sur le renouvellement du mandat d’Ursula von der Leyen à la tête de la Commission européenne.

Forget the far right. It’s the left that may squeeze Macron out of power.

Macron’s weakened coalition could lose almost all its representation in parliament in the legislative elections, strangling his centrist agenda

Are France’s senior civil servants ready to serve the National Rally?

Senior state officials are wondering what attitude they should adopt if they had to work for a far-right government.

How Emmanuel Macron Turned France Into America

France’s leader has changed his country and Europe — and not in ways that he necessarily intended.

Les hauts fonctionnaires sont-ils prêts à servir le RN ?

Les grands commis de l’Etat s’interrogent sur l’attitude à adopter s’ils devaient travailler pour un gouvernement d’extrême droite.

Is Macron too toxic to win?

Even his allies don’t want the French president’s face on their posters or his voice on the radio.

Macron rules out resigning ‘whatever the result’ of French election

France’s president has bet big on a showdown with the far right.

Navigating Through France’s Political Storm

On Sunday night, Emmanuel Macron called for snap elections. Can the president’s sudden move halt the far right’s rising success?

Macron-Biden presser: ‘Solidarity’ with Ukraine against Russian aggression

One of the main takeaways from French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden’s joint press conference on Saturday at the Elysée Palace was “solidarity between the United States and France and the rest of Europe face to face with the aggr…

The French hate Paris. That’s good for the far right.

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has harnessed the country’s widespread discontent with the elite in the capital.

As the far right surges, Europe heads toward its Donald Trump moment 

If the polls are correct, this week’s European Parliament election will reorder the Continent’s political landscape.

4 ways the EU election could reshape French politics

While a right-wing surge is expected to sweep Europe at the EU election this weekend, the results could have significant political consequences domestically in France.

France U-turns on inviting Russia to D-Day memorial ceremony

The prospect of a Russian presence at the Normandy commemorations drew concern from Western allies.

Is France’s far-right wunderkind Jordan Bardella the new face of Europe?

Slick, disciplined and a hit with young voters, the president of the National Rally is remaking the party in his image.

Macron to host Biden for June state visit

U.S. President Joe Biden will make his first state visit to France next week after attending a ceremony on the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.

Macron tells Germans: Let’s double the EU budget

French president said the spending splurge could be funded either by common borrowing or by using existing instruments.

Macron’s wrong to think France’s nuclear umbrella can protect Europe

Break it gently to the French president, but it will take more than the French and U.K. nuclear deterrents to defend the Continent without the US.

Macron’s cognac — the only thing that went down smoothly with Xi

Xi Jinping handed Emmanuel Macron some wins during his state visit, but offered few meaningful concessions on trade and Ukraine

Macron, Xi call for worldwide ‘Olympic truce’ during Paris Games

Xi Jinping called for a global truce, despite Russia showing no signs of halting its offensive against Ukraine.

Macron claims a win on Chinese cognac tariffs at meeting with Xi Jinping

The prospect of Chinese tariffs has the French cognac industry worried for its future.

Macron urges Xi to offer ‘fair rules for all’ amid brewing trade spat

Xi Jinping kicked off his European tour in Paris on Monday — with stops in Belgrade and Budapest next on the itinerary.

Macron meets Xi: Two emperors on the edge of two wars 

Amid arguments over electric cars, cognac and Ukraine, the French president’s dinner with Xi Jinping may not be much fun. 

Life after Ursula von der Leyen? Alternatives for next Commission president.

Brussels is rife with speculation on who might be chosen as the EU executive’s next chief.

A new inconvenient truth: Europe’s global plans all require money no one has

A competitive, green Europe will require trillions in investments. No one has a good answer on where that money will come from.

Macron’s explosive home front in the Gaza war

France’s Gaza diplomacy is also about about navigating France’s internal political and religious divisions, which have been a frequent source of domestic tensions.

Macron, Le Maire feud flares up amid France’s fiscal woes

The French president is agitated by his finance minister’s calls for drastic spending cuts ahead of the European election, where his centrists are likely to face a drubbing.

French presidency bungles Macron’s Rwanda genocide comments

Rwanda marks the 30th anniversary of the genocide that claimed around 800,000 lives.

Here’s what a Le Pen presidency would really mean for France — and the EU

The French public’s allegiance to the idea of Europe remains strong, but a a real understanding of the EU is weak — which is why Le Pen’s de facto policy of dismantling it from the inside is poorly understood.

Blinken calls for ‘swift, impartial investigation’ into killing of aid workers in Gaza airstrike

U.S. Secretary of State says Israel must “do more” to protect civilians.

France’s war on woke, from the salons to the cinemas

Opposition to identity politics isn’t confined to the cultural right.

Behind the Macron-Lula bromance

The presidents showered each other with affection and papered over the cracks on the war in Ukraine and a contentious trade pact.

Macron rattled as EU election defeat looms

Macron cracks the whip as his EU campaign stutters amid a widening gap between centrists and the far right.

China’s Xi Jinping to visit France in early May

The trip comes as Beijing seeks to reduce EU hostility over China’s links with Russia.

Macron awards France’s highest honor to world’s richest man

Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Elon Musk were among the A-listers in attendance.

Scholz, Macron and Tusk to meet in Berlin to hash out differences on Ukraine

Summit comes amid heightened tensions between Berlin and Paris.

Macron delays Kyiv visit amid tensions over Ukraine comments

The Elysée Palace denied security concerns over the visit after a Russian missile landed near the Greek prime minister’s motorcade in Ukraine last week.

US money propping up France’s investment allure, but will it last?

The number of confirmed foreign investments projects in France is on the up for the third year in a row, according to new government data released on Thursday (29 February) – almost a third of which comes from the US, despite growing concerns over labo…