Boris Johnson rubbed salt in French wounds with his insolent “donnez-moi un break” remark on the AUKUS row that erupted after the loss of a lucrative submarine contract for Paris. And if that weren’t bad enough, Johnson’s supercilious English accent bastardizing the French language was bound to have really got …
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Biden phoned Macron on Wednesday to discuss last week’s announcement of a new security pact between the US, UK and Australia – which resulted in France losing a multi-billion-dollar shipbuilding contract, among other things – and “agreed that the situation would have benefitted from open consultations among allies on matters …
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Damien Tarel told BFM TV he feels “no regret” over attacking the head of the French state. “I deplore physical violence. Nevertheless, it was just a tiny slap. I believe Macron has recovered extremely well,” he said, adding that he plans to attend protests against Covid-19 health passes in the …
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Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday, the French leader warned that the situation around the airport in Kabul is now “extremely dangerous,” hours after his prime minister announced the country will wrap up its evacuation efforts by Friday evening. “It is clear there …
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The latest developments in Kabul were one of the major points of a phone conversation between Putin and Macron, the Kremlin said in a statement on Thursday. The two leaders agreed it was important to provide security to the Afghans and focus on the pressing humanitarian issues. Russia and France …
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Thousands of demonstrators marched through the French capital on Saturday as riot police clad in helmets and body armor tagged along. The vast majority of protesters appear to have been peaceful, although several isolated incidents were observed in which police deployed pepper spray. A Ruptly livestream showed protesters chanting slogans …
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Mass protests kicked off in several French cities on Saturday, with thousands condemning government plans to toughen anti-coronavirus restrictions. A huge march was held in Paris, where participants were accompanied by a massive police presence, live footage from RT’s video agency Ruptly shows. The protest has taken place without any …
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Michel-Ange Flori, a billboard owner from the southern French region of Var, reported that he was shocked by the charges, which he describes as a breach of his right to freedom of expression. On Wednesday evening, Flori tweeted: “I have just learned that I will be heard at the Toulon …
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Macron said during a visit to French Polynesia that though “everyone is free to express themselves,” there is “no such thing as freedom where I owe nothing to anyone.” What is your freedom worth if you say to me ‘I don’t want to be vaccinated,’ but tomorrow you infect your …
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Hours after Paris prosecutors launched an investigation into allegations that Morocco’s intelligence agencies used Israeli malware to hack the phones of several French journalists, Le Monde reported that Macron was also targeted by Rabat’s agents in 2019, along with former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and 14 other ministers. The use …
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