France Coronavirus: Macron strolls Champs Elysées in 'message of confidence' Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron walked hand-in-hand on Paris' Champs-Elysees on Monday "to send a message of confidence to the French economy" amid coronavirus. 09/03/2020
Good Morning Europe Losing face: French mask maker scraps NHS order amid COVID-19 shortage Paris is keeping French-made protective masks inside the country amid a coronavirus-inspired shortage. But it's proving awkward for its loyalist customers. 06/03/2020
France Macron government survives no-confidence votes over use of '49.3' After surviving two no-confidence votes, the French government can now go ahead with reforms to pensions and retirement ages. 03/03/2020
France Macron tells farmers he opposes cuts to agricultural subsidies France is the main beneficiary of EU agricultural subsidies. After Brexit there's a large hole in the EU's budget but the French president says he'll oppose any subsidy cuts. 22/02/2020
no comment Macron defends EU agricultural policy at Paris showcase French President Emmanuel Macron spent the day shaking hands with farmers and tasting regional specialities 22/02/2020
France France's Macron announces 'crack down' on 'Islamist separatism' The French president spoke of what he described as the fight against "separatism" in a speech given in Mulhouse, eastern France. 18/02/2020
France Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plan introduced to parliament The debate is expected to be heated after months of strikes and street protests in opposition to the reform. 17/02/2020
France Agnes Buzyn is new Paris mayoral candidate after Griveaux sex video Agnes Buzyn replaces Benjamin Griveaux as Paris mayoral candidate after sex video scandal 16/02/2020
France France's Macron to unveil measures to protect Mont Blanc from 'wackos' A local mayor said poor legislation allows "pseudo mountaineers" to put their lives and that of others in danger. 13/02/2020
France Macron urges EU nuclear defence strategy — with France at centre "Nuclear force is our final recourse, the cornerstone of our security, the guarantor of our vital interests," French president declared. 08/02/2020
Good Morning Europe Striking workers affect rubbish collection across French capital There's a foul smell spreading across the French capital, with garbage piling up across the city. The strikes which have brought much of France to a halt in recent months, are starting to affect rubbish collection. 06/02/2020
France Macron: Poland, Germany and France to lead Europe after Brexit French president said it was obligation of 'big European powers' to make Europe stronger, more sovereign, and more united. 03/02/2020
France Doctors and lawyers march in Paris against Macron pension reforms The demonstrators gathered at Bastille and are expected to march to Opera. 03/02/2020
France Macron: Brexit Day is 'historic alarm signal' for reform in Europe French president Emmanuel Macron warned: "British people have chosen to leave the European Union. They will … no longer have the same rights.” 31/01/2020
France Blaze at Macron-visited Paris restaurant as pension protests continue A small fire was quickly put out at La Rotonde restaurant in the early hours on Saturday after a string of demonstrations across the city over pension reform proposals. 18/01/2020
France Macron will not release any more bears in the Pyrenees, herders say Bears were responsible for 400 attacks against livestock in the border region in 2018, they say. 17/01/2020
France France commits more troops to fight jihadist threat in Sahel region Macron wants the summit to help re-legitimize the French operation in the Sahel by sending a strong joint message. 14/01/2020
France French PM 'willing to scrap' controversial part of pension reforms But will it appease protesters and end one of the longest strikes in French history? 11/01/2020
France Tens of thousands march in Paris against Macron's pension reforms 452,000 protesters hit the streets in France on Thursday as a transport strike entered its sixth week, according to Ministry of the Interior. 09/01/2020
France France's pension reform strike longest since 1968 They oppose plans by the government to merge the country's 42 pension systems into a single scheme and to phase out certain civil service advantages. 02/01/2020
France After 26 days without pay, how are France's strikers surviving? The strikes over change to the French pension system are now the longest ever. 30/12/2019
France Macron under pressure as French strike heads for the record books The strike is now the second-longest in French history and is on course to surpass the longest, which lasted for 28 days in the winter of 1986/87. 30/12/2019
no comment Protesting French workers invade Gare de Lyon station in Paris In Paris, half metro lines were announced to be running as normal, while many stations remained closed. 23/12/2019
World Colonialism was a 'grave mistake', France's Macron says Colonialism was a "grave mistake" and a "serious fault made by the French Republic", French president Emmanuel Macron declared on Saturday from Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 21/12/2019
France Macron will not abandon pension reforms but open to compromise French President Emmanuel Macron says he won't abandon his government's controversial pension reforms but was open to compromise with unions. 18/12/2019
