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Macron condemns 'shocking' scenes of violence across France, points to 'insurrectionist far-left'

"Looking at these images, we have all asked ourselves: what was going through their minds? How can French people do this to France?" Macron said in a televised address to the nation.

France's President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he chairs an Interministerial Crisis Meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, October 18, 2026.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung during the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026.

South Korea reviews military options to support freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa after a joint press conference after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 7, 2025.

French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Syria in first visit to post-Assad Damascus by EU head

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a media statement at 10 Downing Street in London, April 30, 2026.

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French Jews concerned over Macron's Israel 'killing women and children in Gaza' comments

French Jews, who have been suffering from a huge wave of antisemitism, added: "The CRIF would like to remind everyone of Hamas's responsibility for the deaths of Palestinian civilians."

 French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks during an international humanitarian conference for civilians in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, France, on November 9, 2023.

French parliamentarians visit sites of October 7 massacre

Braun-Pivet, who is Jewish, announced a minute of silence for the victims of October 7 during a parliamentary meeting last week.

 President of the National Assembly of France Yael Braun-Pivet

Macron: Arras attack was result of barbaric Islamist terrorism, another attack foiled

A teacher was killed in a knife attack in Arras, and the investigation was handed to the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office.

FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron speaks during a video conference with international partners to discuss humanitarian aid for financially-strapped Lebanon, in Paris on December 2.

German Chancellor warns of 'incalculable' consequences of spread of violence in Middle East

'The security of Israel is Germany's reason of state and we will act accordingly,' he said.

 An Israeli flag flutters next to a German and a EU flag, one day after Hamas' attacks on Israel, outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 8, 2023.

France: 150 arrests in overnight unrest after teenager killed by police

Police clashed with protesters in the northern city of Lille and in Toulouse in the southwest, and there was also unrest in Amiens, Dijon and the Essonne administrative department.

 A vehicle burns during clashes between protesters and police, after the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, Paris suburb, France, June 28, 2023

Russia tells Macron: don't forget Napoleon when you talk of regime change

The Kremlin compared Macron to his predecessor, Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Israel’s judicial overhaul disconnects it from democracy, Macron warns

If the reform were adopted as it stands, France would be forced to conclude that Israel has broken away from a common understanding of democracy.

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Elysee Palace as part of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France, November 11, 2018.

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World leaders respond to Liz Truss and her departure from office.

 British Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves Number 10 Downing Street for the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, October 19, 2022

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Elisabeth Borne is the second woman to hold the position; Her family fled the Nazis in Poland in 1939

 Newly-appointed French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne gestures as she attends a handover ceremony in the courtyard of Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, May 16, 2022.

Violent May Day clashes break out in Paris against re-election of Macron - watch

An anarchist group named the Black Bloc tried to set up a barricade in a street near La Republique Square.

 A fire of burning trash is seen during the traditional May Day labour union march in Paris, France, May 1, 2022