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Macron, ‘the democracy’ made of war and repression
Apr 26, 2018 07:39Just recently, French President Emmanuel Macron, the former investment banker, made what the Western press hailed as an impassioned plea for democracy before the European Parliament.
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France won't leave Iran’s nuclear deal, Macron tells US Congress
Apr 26, 2018 00:49French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will not leave the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), amid US efforts to persuade European parties to the agreement to withdraw from it.
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Trump, Macron discuss Iran deal in White House meeting
Apr 24, 2018 11:31US President Donald Trump and visiting French President Emmanuel Macron have met at the White House, in a summit that is expected to revolve around the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and Washington’s plans to leave it.
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Any violation of Iran deal entails grave consequences: President Rouhani
Apr 24, 2018 11:29President Hassan Rouhani has once again warned the United States against violating the 2015 nuclear deal, saying any failure to respect the multinational agreement would entail “grave consequences.”
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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.