France awaited the appointment of a new government to lead the country out of its political crisis, with President Emmanuel Macron expected to hold talks with his new prime minister on Sunday. France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, appointed on December 13, is racing to name a new government by Christmas. Macron, who earlier Sunday returned…

France's President Emmanuel Macron faced accusations of racism Friday over an alleged comment on problems in hospitals, which his office strongly denied he made, adding to controversy over an angry remark during a visit to an Indian Ocean territory ravaged by a cyclone. With Le Monde daily printing a sequence of articles about the behind-the-scenes…

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a "meeting of different political forces" to hammer out a programme for a new government, the Greens party leader said on Monday amid a political crisis triggered by Prime Minister Michel Barnier's ouster. Macron had suggested a "new method" to put together an executive, Greens chief Marine Tondelier…

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces the biggest risk yet of being deposed by a hostile parliament as his government presents Monday a social security financing plan that has the opposition up in arms. Barnier, a conservative appointed by President Emmanuel Macron in September after an inconclusive general election, has no majority in parliament and…

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his commitment to expanding economic and trade cooperation between Nigeria and France. During discussions with French President, Emmanuel Macron, at the Palais de l'Elysée, during his state visit to France last week, Tinubu emphasised Nigeria's interest in deepening partnerships in key economic sectors, including agriculture, energy, solid minerals and the…

The governments of Nigeria and France, on Sunday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop joint projects aimed at promoting and diversifying the critical minerals value chain in the solid minerals sectors of both countries. Critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements are essential components of clean energy technologies.…

Nigeria and France have signed a partnership on the development of critical infrastructure and the long-term sustenance of agriculture and food security, worth €300 million. Presidency spokesman Bayo Onanuga disclosed this in a statement after President Bola Tinubu and French President Emmanuel Macron signed the two agreements on Thursday in Paris, France. Earlier, President Tinubu…

French President Emmanuel Macron will stress the importance of international action on climate change at talks Saturday with his right-wing

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday congratulated "President Donald Trump", saying he was ready to work with the US vote frontrunner "with respect and ambition" like "we managed to do for four years". In a post on X, Macron said that the relationship with Trump, who is leading the US presidential vote, would "take account…

French President Emmanuel Macron was a "positive nuisance" during acrimonious Brexit negotiations and wanted to punish the UK for leaving the EU, former British prime minister Boris Johnson has claimed. In the latest excerpts from his memoir "Unleashed" due to be published next month, Johnson said the French leader saw Brexit as "a terrible snub…

  French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ruled out naming a left-wing government to end the country's political deadlock, saying it would be a threat to "institutional stability". READ ALSO:French left vows ‘total break’ with Macron policies   Macron has been searching in successive rounds of talks for a new prime minister since elections in…

China and France have both condemned violations of international humanitarian law, including all acts of terrorist violence and indiscriminate attacks against civilians.