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President Emmanuel Macron insists France won't be US 'vassal' on Taiwan
Fp Staff •Macron, who visited China last week, said French and European policy on Taiwan 'has not changed' despite the furore over his remarks to Politico and Les Echos in which he backed Europe's strategic autonomy
'Confident about ties with France': White House downplays Macron's Europe shouldn't be 'vassal in US-China clash' remark
Fp Staff •Macron, who discussed Taiwan with his Chinese counterpart Xi on Friday, warned against Europe being "caught up in crises that are not ours, which prevents it from building its strategic autonomy"
France: Violent protests hit Paris over Macron's pension changes
•In central Paris, where demonstrators were generally peaceful, smaller groups of "Black Bloc" anarchists smashed shop windows, demolished street furniture and ransacked a McDonalds restaurant. Clashes ensued as riot police moved in and drove back the anarchists with tear gas and stun grenades
Netanyahu, Macron condemn Iran's active participation in 'harming' innocent civilians in Ukraine
Fp Staff •The two leaders have also agreed to meet soon as part of the continual dialogue between Israel and France
Australian, French ministers to meet to mend fences over submarines row in Paris
•A bitter row erupted in September 2021 when Australia's previous prime minister Scott Morrison abruptly tore up a contract for France to build a dozen diesel-powered submarines and announced a deal to buy US or British nuclear-powered subs
Explained: Why is the French public opposing Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan?
•The new changes to France's pension system will push back the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. However, the people are not happy. France's eight main workers' unions are calling on the government to abandon the age measure altogether
Emmanuel Macron defends World Cup visit to Qatar despite graft corruption allegations
•Belgian police investigating allegations that Qatar has been paying bribes to European politicians have arrested an MEP and three associates and charged them with corruption. Qatar denies any wrongdoing
G20 Summit: PM Modi interacts with Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron; discusses THESE issues
•In an address at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Modi said that climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, the developments in Ukraine and the global problems associated with it have caused havoc in the world and rued that the global supply chains are in "ruins"
‘Trainers of discord’: Why Emmanuel Macron's sneakers during London visit caused a stir
•France's Emmanuel Macron during his trip to London ahead of the Queen's funeral was pictured looking unusually casual, wearing a pair of sunglasses and navy-blue trainers, instead of his usual suit and formal black leather shoes
Putin-Macron call leak violated 'diplomatic etiquette,' says Russian FM Lavrov
•The details of the confidential call days before Moscow's military operation in Ukraine were revealed by the broadcaster France 2 in a documentary on the French president's handling of the conflict