Emmanuel Macron

French Navy intercepts sanctioned Russian tanker in Mediterranean

The interception was carried out on high seas in the Western Mediterranean, between the southern coast of Spain and the northern coast of Morocco.

An aerial view shows the oil tanker named Boracay (also called Pushpa), a vessel being investigated by French authorities and suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade, off the coast of the western France port of Saint-Nazaire, France, October 2, 2025.
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference during a European Union leaders' summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 19, 2025.

France asks for NATO exercise in Greenland, ready to contribute to it, Macron says

Caps with slogans supporting Greenland are on display in a clothing store in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 20, 2026.

Supreme Court decision on baby autopsy, Trump’s Greenland texts under scrutiny

The slogan "Make America Go Away" is stitched on the side of a cap worn by the co-owner of the McKorman clothing store in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 20, 2026.

If Trump invades Greenland 'it would be war,' Danish MP says


France approaches Renault over potential drone production for Ukraine

Earlier on Sunday, French news website Franceinfo reported the French carmaker was expected to produce drones in Ukraine.

 TIRANA, ALBANIA - MAY 16: President of France Emmanuel Macron speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the 6th European Political Community summit on May 16, 2025 in Tirana, Albania.

As Paris burns, the West must stop asking 'why?' and address jihad threat - opinion

The flames in Paris are not just physical. They are the burning embers of decades of self-delusion.

 Riot police on the Champs Elysees avenue after Paris St Germain won the Champions League, Paris, France, May 31, 2025

Is there still a Left in Israel? How October 7 shaped Israel's political landscape

Polls show that since October 7, many Israelis on the Left have lost faith in the chances for any kind of peace deal with the Palestinians.

 Hostage families take center stage at the People’s Peace Summit

Palestinians and Israelis don't want two states: Why is Macron pushing it? - opinion

France and Saudi Arabia can’t be blamed for wanting to stay relevant in the international diplomatic arena and using archaic ideas to try to claim some of the spotlight.

SAUDI FOREIGN Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan meets French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot in Riyadh in April. France and Saudi Arabia are desperately trying to stay relevant in an international dispute where they’re no longer involved, the writer argues.

Macron's 'recognition' of a Palestinian state is a way to punish Israel - opinion

Instead of pushback against the increasingly genocidal Palestinian national movement, we get more perilous pablum about the “urgency” of Palestinian statehood.

 FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron visits Vietnam this week. The scent coming from Macron and his ilk is antipathy toward Israel; they simply cannot stomach a strong Israel, the writer charges.

'Macron’s crusade against the Jewish state continues,' MFA responds to France sanctions threat

Instead of "applying pressure on the jihadist terrorists, Macron wants to reward them with a Palestinian state," the Foreign Ministry said.

 Image of French President Emmanuel Macron in front of images of the French and Israeli flag.

Indonesia could recognize Israel if Palestinians given independence, president says

Standing alongside visiting French President Emmanuel Macron, Prabowo said Israel's security needs to be guaranteed.

 Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto speaks during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 28, 2025.

France's Macron plays down apparent shove from wife in Vietnam

"I was bickering, or rather joking, with my wife," Macron told reporters in Hanoi. "It's nothing."

 France's President Emmanuel Macron was pushed in the face by his wife Brigitte Macron as the couple arrived in Vietnam to begin a tour of Southeast Asia, at Noi Bai International Airport, in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 25, 2025.

France’s Gaza stance fuels antisemitism, far-right Israeli lawmaker says

Noam MK Avi Maoz accused France of moral hypocrisy as Strasbourg’s chief rabbi warns French rhetoric echoes justification of the 2012 Toulouse school attack.

 MK Avi Maoz attends a discussion in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024

France's Macron: Gaza conditions are 'intolerable,' hopes to discuss it with Netanyahu and Trump

"We are reaching a level that we have never seen before, in terms of the humanitarian impact, since the beginning of this," said Macron.

 ISRAEL MUST not be allowed to win so much, Western diplomatic discourse says, according to the writer, because this would be bad for American and Western interests. President Macron of France said  that Israel ‘has the right to defend itself, but within proportion.’