Europe News Musk's interference in national debates angers Europe's leaders Several European leaders have denounced, directly or indirectly, the actions of the owner of the social network X. 08/01/2025
Europe News EU trade chief commits to WTO in Geneva following Macron doubts Emmanuel Macron said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is not working and that several countries are breaking away from it, but in Geneva European Trade Commissioner Maroš Sefcovic renewed the EU's commitment to multilateral world trade rules. 08/01/2025
France Macron accuses Sahel of being 'ungrateful' for fight against terrorism The French president's words have sparked a backlash, with African leaders calling out his "contemptuous attitude". 07/01/2025
Europe News EU must not be 'weak and defeatist' to gain Trump's respect: Macron The European Union came out of the first Trump presidency stronger and must continue to become more independent, the French president told his top diplomats. 06/01/2025
France Six on trial in France for second attack 10 years after Charlie Hebdo Six men face trial for a 2020 knife attack outside Charlie Hebdo's former offices, five years after the deadly 2015 attacks. 06/01/2025
Economy French finance minister Lombard outlines deficit target for new year The target allows for more flexibility than the goal set by the previous government, said Éric Lombard. 06/01/2025
Europe News Calls for boldness and stability at Bayrou's first ministers' meeting The new government's priorities under François Bayrou are to adopt the 2025 budget and reduce the public deficit. 03/01/2025
Europe News French health minister's Dry January risks ire of wine-loving Macron France's new Health Minister Yannick Neuder is said to be the first minister to publicly back the campaign, which has never received support from Paris. 03/01/2025
Europe News 2024 in review: which European leaders soared, which flopped? A turbulent year has seen voters send a shockwave. Who used it best to secure influence in Europe? 30/12/2024
Europe News Who’s in France’s new cabinet under Prime Minister François Bayrou? Newly appointed French Prime Minister François Bayrou formed the country's fourth government in less than a year, with a key challenge for his cabinet being securing approval for the 2025 budget. 23/12/2024
Europe News Who’s Europe’s biggest Trumpfluencer? European leaders will be jostling for influence when Donald Trump re-takes office in a few weeks. We look at who could end up being his main interlocutor across the Atlantic. 23/12/2024
France Macron enters into furious expletive-laden exchange in Mayotte The French overseas department is reeling from a devastating cyclone, and residents’ anger boiled over during a visit from French President Emmanuel Macron. 20/12/2024
World News Mayotte: Amidst criticism, Emmanuel Macron defends the state's actions France has activated the European Union's civil protection mechanism to assist Mayotte, where many fear that hundreds, if not thousands of people have been killed after storm Chido devastated the island last Saturday. 19/12/2024
Europe News French troops deliver aid to Mayotte ahead of President Macron's visit French military troops deliver 120 tonnes of aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido battered the Indian Ocean Island on Saturday causing widespread destruction. It comes just one day before French President Emmanuel Macron’s scheduled arrival at the French overseas department on Thursday. 19/12/2024
Economy French central bank lowers 2025 growth forecast after tumultuous year France's fraught political landscape and a gridlocked budget continue to spook economists and investors. 17/12/2024
Radio Schuman What to expect from new French Prime Minister Bayrou? Last week, French president Emmanuel Macron appointed the centrist Francois Bayrou as prime minister to address the country’s deep political crisis following the collapse of Michel Barnier’s government. Radio Schuman asks what will change in France with the appointment. 17/12/2024
Europe News Macron to visit Mayotte in aftermath of its worst storm in 90 years French President Emmanuel Macron says he will visit Mayotte in the coming days in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido that has ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory, causing major damage in its path, with hundreds feared dead. 17/12/2024
Europe News France's Le Pen hails 'positive' meeting with new PM Bayrou French Prime Minister François Bayrou is meeting with most political parties including Marine Le Pen's National Front after the ouster of Michel Barnier. 16/12/2024
Brussels, My Love? Brussels, my love? Paris rolls out the red carpet for Trump In our 100th episode of 'Brussels, my love?', we discuss the delicate diplomacy and political turbulence behind the spectacular reopening of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, and the fate of Syrian asylum-seekers after the fall of Assad's regime. 14/12/2024
Europe News French political crisis: What's next for the new PM François Bayrou? The mayor of the southwestern town of Pau and leader of the centrist MoDem party will have the difficult task of passing France's 2025 budget plan 14/12/2024