Emmanuel Macron

Macron threatens China with tariffs over its trade surplus with the EU

The bloc’s trade deficit with the world’s second-largest economy exceeds 300 billion euros in 2024

France’s President Emmanuel Macron (left) and China’s President Xi Jinping (right) shake hands after a joint press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec 4.

Macron urges Xi to step up efforts on Ukraine, rebalancing global trade

A large business delegation is accompanying Macron on his fourth state visit to China

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Pyrenees in 2024. Macron has been invited to a tea ceremony in Guangzhou, where Xi’s father formerly resided as governor.

Macron bets on Beijing to save his legacy

The French leader will seek a new economic and diplomatic equilibrium with Chinese President Xi Jinping

Lecornu, in a message on X, said he accepted his reappointment “out of duty”, adding that “we must end the political crisis” gripping France.

Macron reappoints Sebastien Lecornu as France's PM

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron on Friday (Oct 11) reappointed his outgoing prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, back into that position, just four days after Lecornu gave his resignation.

“We cannot aim to make savings if we do not also try to set an example and act with rigour, in line with the other decisions I have taken,” said caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.

Caretaker French PM scraps ministers’ severance payouts

Sebastien Lecornu is aiming to set an example of the budget belt-tightening he says the country needs

France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's swift resignation was unexpected and unprecedented and marked another major deepening of France’s political crisis.

French government quits just hours after being appointed, deepening political crisis

The far-right National Rally immediately urges President Macron to call a snap parliamentary election

France has been mired in deadlock since its President Emmanuel Macron gambled on snap elections in the middle of last year in the hopes of bolstering his authority.

France unveils new government amid political deadlock

[PARIS] French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government on Sunday, putting together a team under Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu as he struggles to pull the country out of a political crisis.

There is talk that at least two blocs in the European Parliament are working to call for a no-confidence vote against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Political and economic storm clouds loom over upcoming EU address

As no-confidence votes fuel the bloc’s market anxiety, Ursula von der Leyen’s agenda is at risk

People celebrate after France's prime minister Francois Bayrou failed to win a confidence vote in parliament, outside the City Hall in Nantes, France, Sep 8, 2025.

Macron scrambles to find new French PM after Bayrou ousted

[PARIS] President Emmanuel Macron will accept the resignation of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday after his government was ejected in a confidence vote, with the French leader rushing to find...

The latest meeting between (from left) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump was starkly different in tone from their previous encounter in February.

Trump tells Zelensky US would help with Ukraine’s security in a peace deal

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday (Aug 18) that the US would help guarantee Ukraine’s security in any deal to end Russia’s war there, though the extent...