Macron warns Europe has to invest in strategic sectors or may be 'swept aside' by the USFrench President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe to significantly increase investment in strategic sectors to avoid being "swept aside" by US ...
10 Feb, 2026, 02.31 PM IST
Emmanuel Macron flags fresh tensions with US, calls on EU to seize ‘Greenland moment’European Union leaders will meet this week. French President Emmanuel Macron warns of more U.S. hostility. He urges reforms to boost Europe...
10 Feb, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
France PM François Bayrou axed after losing confidence vote; third ousting in 12 monthsFrance's political landscape is once again turbulent as Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's government was ousted in a confidence vote, highli...
08 Sep, 2025, 11.04 PM IST
Paris AI summit draws world leaders and CEOs eager for technology waveEagerness to regulate AI has decreased since the UK and South Korea summits, which focused on the risks after ChatGPT's 2022 launch. As US ...
10 Feb, 2025, 03.58 PM IST
France asks European Commission to push deadline to present deficit planFrance asked for additional time to ensure consistency between the plan and its 2025 finance bill, a representative for the ministry told B...
08 Sep, 2024, 11.59 PM IST
Xi Jinping is on a mission to drive a wedge between Europe and the USChinese President Xi Jinping will begin his five-day trip to France, Serbia and Hungary on May 5, according to the Foreign Ministry in Beij...
30 Apr, 2024, 07.57 AM IST
"Steady and resilient through darkest storms": PM Modi hails India-France ties ahead of two-day visitPM Modi has embarked on a visit to France at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron. His two-day visit, on July 13 and 14, is special ...
13 Jul, 2023, 11.48 AM IST
EU leaders beat a path to Xi's door seeking China's helpFrench President Emmanuel Macron made a high-profile state visit to Beijing last week accompanied by European Commission President Ursula v...
16 Apr, 2023, 06.14 PM IST
Emmanuel Macron's China remarks exasperate EU alliesThis focused European minds on the need to shore up their own defences, for a while, but when Russia invaded Ukraine Washington's military ...
13 Apr, 2023, 10.32 PM IST
Macron boosts French military spending by over a third to 'transform' armyAcknowledging the end of the "peace dividend" of the post-Cold War era, Macron said the planned 2024-2030 budget would adapt the military t...
20 Jan, 2023, 09.50 PM IST
Reelection bolsters France's Macron as powerful player in EUBoosted by his victory, Macron figures to be in the spotlight when he pays an expected visit to Berlin in the coming days to meet with new ...
27 Apr, 2022, 12.41 PM IST
France's Macron bets on nuclear in carbon-neutrality push, announces new reactorsMacron said the new plants would be built and operated by state-controlled energy provider EDF and that tens of billions of euros in public...
10 Feb, 2022, 09.38 PM IST
France takes EU reins with push for more sovereigntyFrench President Emmanuel Macron pledged Friday to boost Europe's strategic power and sovereignty, as France formally took the reins of the...
07 Jan, 2022, 06.58 PM IST
Greece to buy three frigates from FranceThe deal marks "an audacious first step towards European strategic autonomy", Macron said at a signing ceremony with Greek Prime Minister K...
28 Sep, 2021, 02.44 PM IST
France's envoy to return to US after Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden talksIn an unprecedented move, France recalled its ambassador after the U.S., Australia and Britain announced a new Indo-Pacific defense deal la...
23 Sep, 2021, 07.45 AM IST
France President Emmanuel Macron tests positive for coronavirus, say French officialsMacron will now, in accordance with national regulations, "self isolate for seven days. He will continue to work and carry out his activiti...
17 Dec, 2020, 06.45 PM IST
Incoming Joe Biden presidency exposes old French-German rift on defenceMacron, a champion of European "strategic autonomy", said he was "in complete disagreement" with the German minister, arguing that the Unit...
20 Nov, 2020, 03.03 PM IST