Emmanuel Macron

The meeting between Sir Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron, scheduled for Tuesday, is expected to revolve around the post-Brexit landscape and the potential for renegotiations with the EU.

The house of the mayor of a suburb of Paris was attacked over the weekend in the midst of the nationwide protests in France against the killing of a teenager.

Zelensky's arrival in Paris came hours after EU leaders in Germany presented him with a prize for the Ukrainian people for fighting for the bloc's freedom and values.

France's citizens have protested for months over what appears to be the extension of the retirement age by two years. But the issue runs deeper. The public is upset at the president who they believe was voted in to do nothing.

French police clashed with hundreds of black-clad anarchists in Paris and other cities during union-led protests against President Emmanuel Macron's increase in the retirement age, as workers staged Labour Day rallies across Europe.

When Macron attended a football match on Saturday, he was met with activists waving red cards.

He has faced a hailstorm of criticism after forcing the pensions law through the lower house of parliament without a vote using a controversial constitutional power.

Some 380,000 people took to the streets nationwide on Thursday in the latest day of union-led action against the bill since January.

If the law is approved, it remains to be seen if unions will call more strikes.

China views democratic, self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to take it one day, by force if necessary.

Macron said that nationwide union-led protests and strikes against contentious pension reforms prevented France from hosting Charles in the manner it had hoped.

A state visit to France by Britain's King Charles III, which had been due to begin on Sunday, was postponed because of the unrest.

Opposition parties are hoping the Council will rule against the government over the reform because of the way it was forced through parliament without a vote.

Police fired tear gas and fought with violent black-clad anarchists in Paris and across France on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the pension age.

French President Emmanuel Macron drew an angry response from unions and opposition parties on Wednesday when he said he would press on with plans to raise the pension age, rejecting calls for a U-turn in response to growing public anger.

President Emanuel Macron faces a critical moment on Monday when the National Assembly is due to vote on no-confidence motions.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will agree closer defence and security ties with French President Emmanuel Macron when they meet on Friday, committing to greater collaboration in supporting Ukraine and in the Indo-Pacific region.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, hoping to deepen their co-operation over migration and Ukraine and cement a new start between the countries after years of Brexit rows.

France faces massive strikes over pension reform.

Macron to visit China after Beijing's Ukraine peace plan.

European leaders jostled for the opportunity to host the Ukrainian leader during his trip.

The leaders of France and Germany sought at a summit on Sunday to pave over divisions that have dogged Europe's closest bilateral relation since the war in Ukraine broke out, leaving many of their most vexed issues to be worked out later.

Taken aback by the size of mass protests against its pension reform, the French government on Friday signalled readiness for compromise on the unpopular plan but vowed that its core measures would remain intact.

Trade unionists plan to paralyse public transport, shut down schools, set up picket lines and march through cities on Thursday over President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.

All of the country's left-wing political parties, as well as the far-right National Rally, are against the changes and have vowed to join protests.

Although France has capped electricity prices for consumers, limiting rises to four percent in 2022 and 15 percent in 2023, no such protection exists for businesses.

Political differences remain, with Sunak a conservative Eurosceptic free-marketeer, while Macron is fervently pro-EU and a believer in strong state intervention.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday holds a meeting of ministers aimed at dealing with a growing number of issues shadowing preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics almost two years to the day before the sporting extravaganza opens in the French capital.

Uber said MacGann was "in no position to speak credibly" about the company now.

Macron reshuffles French cabinet for tricky second term