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Emmanuel Macron

protest
Energy workers in France threaten power cuts over retirement age
A Virgin Mary statue in a public square in France
Sacred Nation
The state of religion in France
French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with supporters in front of the Eiffel Tower Paris, France
Elections
To Europe’s relief, France’s Macron wins, but far-right gains
A screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen at her election day headquarters, in Paris
Elections
French duel: Macron vs Le Pen fight for presidency
Posters of French President Emmanuel Macron and centrist candidate for reelection in Saint Pee sur Nivelle, southwestern France
Elections
Ukraine and COVID give Macron a boost in the polls ahead of French elections
A makeshift camp for migrants is set up along the river in Loon Plage, near Grande-Synthe, northern France
Migration
France lashes out at Britain’s latest proposal on migrants
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, president of Sri Lanka, right, arrives at United Nations headquarters, during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York
Top of The World
UNGA 76th session convenes in New York
France's President Emmanuel Macron wore flower leis and seashell necklaces as he arrived at the Manihi Atoll, 312 miles northeast of Tahiti, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean, July 26, 2021. 
COVID-19
French Polynesia and New Caledonia see deadly COVID-19 surge
In this photo provided by US Navy, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) returns home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam from a deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility
Top of The World
Aukus security pact sparks Chinese and French ire
France's President Emmanuel Macron wears a flowers leis and seashell necklaces gestures as he speaks up on his arrival as the mayor Manihi John Drollet stands next to him at the Manihi Atoll, 312 miles northeast of Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Nuclear
New study on nuclear testing in French Polynesia reveals France’s ‘censorship and secrecy’
A large gavel made of metal is shown in the near ground hammering a sign that reads "Act for Justice" with a bombed out grain silo in the distance.
Conflict & Justice
Mired in crises, Lebanon marks 1 year since horrific blast
A computer monitor is shown in the nearground with a row of tablet computers in the distance under a Microsoft banner.
Top of The World
US and allies accuse China of hacking campaign
Several people are shown in a street throwing items at a tank and other armored vehicles.
Conflict & Justice
Riots in Lebanon as West calls for quick Cabinet formation
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US President Joe Biden are shown both wearing suits and sitting in white armchairs.
Biden administration
Biden at NATO: Ready to talk China, Russia and soothe allies
French and European Union flags fly at entrance to France's top elite school.
Education
France’s top elite school closes in quest for diversity
Men in orange and yellow jackets lift a box of vaccines from COVAX off of a truck bed
COVID-19
Norway’s minister calls on others to follow his country’s lead in sharing COVID-19 vaccines
A group of men are shown carrying a casket on their shoulders drapped with a blanket.
Top of The World
ISIS claims killing of 3 women media workers in Afghanistan
French President Emmanuel Macron is shown standing next to French historian Benjamin Stora, both men wearing dark jackets and Macron holding a white paper.
Conflict & Justice
Macron reveals more torture by French army in Algeria war
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is shown wearing a dark suit and tie with a face mask, walking past security officials.
Justice
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail
President Joe Biden wearing a dark suit and red and white tie along with a face mask while sitting.
Biden administration
Biden to lay out his foreign policy at G-7, Munich summit
French President Emmanuel Macron is shown wearing a face mask and dark suit while standing outside.
COVID-19
French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti is shown wearing a dark-colored face mask and gray suit while carrying a folder.
Conflict & Justice
France unveils draft law to fight religious extremism
French President Emmanuel Macron stands at a podium with French flag behind him.
Sacred Nation
French Muslims worry ‘separatism law’ may create more division
Police officers are shown standing guard across the street and holding large guns from the Notre Dame church in Nice.
Top of The World
French society confronts deadly religious tensions; France and Germany announce new lockdowns; China and US engage in crisis communication
Four men are shown standing in an dug out area lined with stone in an open area near a house.
Top of The World
Russia, France, US demand ceasefire to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh; Cyprus is blocking EU sanctions on Belarus; Arrests in Hong Kong
A man is shown walking on the street with a white bandage around his head with security officers standing nearby.
Top of The World
Mourning and anger amid devastation after Beirut explosion; One-third of Afghanistan may have had COVID-19; 75-years since Hiroshima bombing
Two soldiers are shown in the near ground in soft focus with widespread rubble from Beirut's destroyed port in the destance.
Global Politics
Lebanon probes blast amid rising anger, calls for change
The President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen is shown in a close up photograph wearing pearl earings and the word "coronavirus" in the background.
COVID-19
World leaders pledge $8 billion to fight the coronavirus but US steers clear
A health worker checks a man's temperature during door to door screening in an attempt to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jika Joe informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, April 16, 2020.
Economics
Policymakers rush to stave off economic collapse on the African continent
French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a TV screen in soft focus with a person in shadow in the nearground.
COVID-19
Promising ‘better days,’ Macron extends France’s lockdown until May 11
A police officer talks to a woman and child, all in face masks, outside a hotel
COVID-19
How ‘war’ with coronavirus could lead to lasting government overreach
A medical officer wearing a white protective suit and a full face mask is shown spraying a carpet of a open area.
COVID-19
Coronavirus hits politicians, sports and showbiz stars as it spreads across globe
Protesters attend a demonstration in front of the glass pyramid of the Louvre museum before the opening debate on the French government's pensions reform bill at the National Assembly in Paris, Feb. 17, 2020.
Protest
Protests continue in Paris amid pension reform debate
A group of protesters are shown wearing reflective vest and two men are holding bright road flares.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Striking unions cripple France in standoff with Macron
Mid-shot of two men in suits walking.
Military
Macron says NATO is experiencing ‘brain death.’ What’s the future of the alliance?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
What US-Iran tensions mean for US allies in the nuclear deal
protesters hold signs of macron upside down
Protest
French protesters turn climate conversation — and Macron — upside down
Macron is at the front of a room and hands of journalists are in the air
Macron vows to cut taxes but activists want more
Smoke is seen rising around Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris with some of the facade showing burn marks from the massive fire.
Lifestyle & Belief
No sign of arson in Notre-Dame blaze as nation grieves
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is shown in the middle of a group of three men, all wearing dark suits.
Business, Economics and Jobs
No deal beckons: EU presses May on Brexit deal
Macron hugs Merkel.
Global Politics
Be ‘mein’ valentine: Merkel and Macron renew their ‘vows’ with Aachen treaty, but some critique the coupling
Francis Fukuyama standing outside with his arms crossed.
Global Politics
Francis Fukuyama on 2018, a year in identity politics
The Place de la République in Paris is shown in the background with thousands encircling a monument in the middle of the square.
Global Politics
What French populists from the ‘50s can teach us about the ‘yellow vests’ roiling Paris today
French President Emmanuel Macron, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, left, and French Ecology Minister Francois de Rugy dressed in suits and sitting behind a table
WATCH: Macron addresses ‘yellow vest’ protesters as Paris cleans up
A protester wearing a yellow vest is shown holding a flag near burning debris at the approach to the A2 Paris-Brussels highway, Dec. 4, 2018.
France’s Macron makes U-turn on fuel-tax increases in face of ‘yellow vest’ protests
An ambulance driver in France is shown kicking a can of smoke with French riot police in the background.
Global Politics
France’s Macron hunts for way out of ‘yellow vest’ crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, wearing a white jacket, and French President Emmanuel Macron, in a dark suit, are shown standing next to each other at the Paris Peace Forum.
Global Politics
Macron, Merkel defend multilaterism as Trump avoids peace forum
education
Growing pains for a French education system rooted in tradition
French President Emmanuel Macron, smiles as he warmly greets Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel — the two holding hands.
EU cuts migration deal after marathon talks, differences remain
A man walks past the mirrored Charlevoix G7 logo in shadow in Quebec.
G7 leaders set to clash with combative Trump over tariffs, trade
members of a battalion lining up in front of a palace
Global Politics
There are 28 other monarchies in the world
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House.
Conflict & Justice
Trump has all but decided to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal, sources say
French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with US President Donald Trump in Paris, July 14, 2017.
Conflict
As Macron heads to US, ‘strong relationship’ with Trump under test
Syrian police hold weapons while they ride in the bed of a pickup truck in Doma.
Conflict
US suggests Russia, Syria may have tampered with Duma evidence, Moscow denies it
A missile is seen crossing over Damascus, Syria, April 14, 2018.
Conflict
US says it’s ready to strike Syria again if there is further use of chemical weapons
Awa Timera works in corporate recruiting in France. She says it can hard to put your finger on discrimination in France because it's often subtle.
Culture
How France uses ‘le testing’ to combat hiring discrimination
Rokhaya Diallo speaking on a panel below a screen that says in French, 'call for a multicultural and postracial republic'
Culture
Activist ousted from French advisory council says race talk is still taboo
A section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting a scene in the decisive Battle of Hastings in 1066
Arts
English and French rivalry highlighted by loan of historic Bayeux Tapestry
Election campaign posters for the leader billionaire politician Andrej Babis in Prague, Czech Republic, reading: "Stand up against corruption and stop babbling."
Global Politics
The populist tide has spread to one of Central Europe’s last liberal democracies
French President Emmanuel Macron with U.S. President Donald Trump in Paris in July. After Trump's decision to pull the US out of the global Paris Climate Agreement, Macron invited scientists and others from the US and elsewhere to come to France to help s
Global Politics
US scientists answer France’s call to come ‘make our planet great again’