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After French President Emmanuel Macron was delayed by street closures caused by US President Donald Trump’s convoy when they were both in New York for the UN General Assembly, videos circulated online claiming to show Macron lashing out at Trump over the incident.
PARIS (Reuters) -When Sebastien Lecornu gave his first prime-time TV interview hours after resigning as French prime minister on Wednesday, he cast himself as a "soldier monk" — a man of duty who would not shy away if President Emmanuel Macron called him back to battle.
The following is the full transcript of an interview with French President Emmanuel Macron, a portion of which aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sept. 21, 2025.
France is a major industrial power, the world’s seventh-largest economy. So why are its government finances in such a mess?
PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu met with President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday evening, ahead of a likely naming of a new cabinet before a Monday deadline to present a 2026 budget.
Emmanuel Macron's first prime minister urges the cornered French head of state to resign in a shock call that compounded an escalating political crisis.
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France’s Macron asks newly resigned Prime Minister Lecornu to try again to form a government
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation, to try again to form a government in a bid to end the country’s political deadlock.
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is running out of wiggle room. The abrupt resignation of his prime minister on Monday — Macron's fourth in more than a year of almost ceaseless political upheaval — puts the French leader in a bind.
After five days in office, Lecornu has survived a first major ordeal in parliament and can now focus on passing the 2026 budget.
The political crisis engulfing French President Emmanuel Macron deepened on Monday as his Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after less than a month in the role and just a day after unveiling a new government, which was met with widespread criticism in the National Assembly for not representing a significant enough change.
Donald Trump's terrifying threat to Emmanuel Macron during 'awkward' handshake revealed by lipreader
A lip reader has claimed to reveal what Donald Trump said to Emmanuel Macron during that awkwardly long handshake during the Gaza peace summit. The American President, 79, and French President, 47, were both in attendance at the political gathering in Egypt yesterday (13 October).
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