Problems mount for EU's second-biggest economy amid Russia-Ukraine war, China dominance, US trade tensions

PARIS, July 25 — French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will officially recognise the state of Palestine during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) in September, reported Xinhua.

PARIS, July 25 — French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will officially recognise the state of Palestine during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) in September, reported Xinhua.

ISTANBUL, July 13 — French President Emmanuel Macron voiced "strong disapproval" of 30 per cent United States (US) tariffs for the European Union (EU) and called for accelerating the preparation of "credible countermeasures", Anadolu Ajansi reported.

PARIS, July 5 — French President Emmanuel Macron called Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s two-day visit to France a success, with the two nations reviving partnerships across all sectors.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has embarked on an inaugural official visit to France from July 3 to July 4 at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron.

ROME, July 3 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was accorded a guard of honour upon his arrival at Chigi Palace, the official residence of his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, on Thursday.

SEPANG, July 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has embarked on a series of visits to three countries: Italy, France, and Brazil.

JAKARTA, May 28 — French President Emmanuel Macron will meet his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta today, and defence ties with Paris' biggest arms client in Southeast Asia are expected to be on the agenda.

ANKARA, May 11 — Turkiye is ready to host talks on a ceasefire and permanent peace between Russia and Ukraine, President Tayyip Erdogan told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Sunday, Erdogan’s office said.

MOSCOW, March 7 — Russia warned French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday not to threaten it with nuclear rhetoric and, mocking his height by calling him 'Micron', ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces from Nato members to Ukraine.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Malaysia and France have agreed to boost cooperation in the fields of defence, economy, energy, trade, investment, tourism and artificial intelligence, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

PARIS, Feb 21 — French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that his interests were in line with European allies and that showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.

PARIS, Feb 12 — French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that any solution to rebuild Gaza "must not come at the expense of disrespecting the rights of the Palestinians and regional sovereignty." The Palestinian News Agency reported him as saying that "the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip do not...

PARIS, Jan 7 — France on Tuesday commemorated the victims of the deadly assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine 10 years ago that began a spate of Islamist militant attacks on the country and stoked a debate on press freedoms that still rages today.

MAMOUDZOU, Dec 22 — Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron, who replied they would be in "deeper shit" without France as he toured the Indian Ocean archipelago.

PARIS, Dec 13 — French President Emmanuel Macron named François Bayrou on Friday as his fourth Prime Minister of 2024, tasking the veteran centrist with steering the country out of its second major political crisis in the last six months.

PARIS, Dec 6 — French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days whose top priority will be getting a 2025 budget adopted by parliament, he said yesterday after the government was toppled by lawmakers.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim met with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ISTANBUL, Oct 24 — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he regrets Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon, expressing disappointment that the call for a 21-day pause in hostilities, made jointly with US President Joe Biden, has not yet been considered, Anadolu Agency reported.