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Paris attacks suspect gets 20-year jail term over gunfight in Brussels
Apr 23, 2018 09:18The only surviving suspect in the terror attacks that hit the French capital, Paris, in 2015, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Belgian court over a shootout with police in Brussels months later.
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Contentious refugee bill passes lower house of French parliament
Apr 23, 2018 07:56The lower house of France’s parliament has approved a controversial immigration bill, which critics say will worsen the conditions for miserable refugees by tightening the country’s asylum rules.
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France: Riot police break up protest camp at Paris university
Apr 20, 2018 07:30Riot police have raided a university campus in the French capital of Paris before down, removing the students who had camped at the site for several days in protest to the government’s plans to overhaul the university entry requirements.
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Macron to meet Merkel to push for EU reform plans
Apr 19, 2018 09:33French President Emmanuel Macron is due in Germany on Thursday for a working meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in an attempt to hammer out a common position with Berlin on his agenda for Europe-wide reforms, amid political opposition to that agenda inside Germany.
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France immigration bill sows seeds of dissent in Macron party
Apr 19, 2018 02:27The French parliament votes Friday on a tough immigration bill that has sparked rumblings of revolt within President Emmanuel Macron's party, with several MPs openly challenging his plans to speed up deportations of failed asylum seekers.
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French rail workers continue strike, disrupt train services
Apr 18, 2018 08:14Train services across France have been disrupted again by striking rail workers for the seventh day so far this month.
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Turkey rejects Macron's comments on Ankara-Moscow rift after Syria strikes
Apr 16, 2018 12:25Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag has slammed remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron that a recent US-led military operation in Syria drove a wedge between Ankara and Moscow.
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French, UK leaders face fallout from Syria attack
Apr 16, 2018 04:11Europe’s two biggest military powers took a gamble in lining up behind US President Donald Trump to bombard Syria. Now they are facing a backlash which may cost them dearly.
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French president says he convinced Trump to keep troops in Syria
Apr 16, 2018 02:43French President Emmanuel Macron has said that he convinced US President Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria.
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France: Thousands gather to stop Macron’s reforms in Marseilles
Apr 15, 2018 02:01Thousands of people from unions and political parties gathered in Marseilles on Saturday to protest against French President Emmanuel Macron following his proposed labour reforms.