Tag: emmanuel macron
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French President, Emmanuel Macron to address joint session of National Assembly in July
President Emmanuel Macron of France is billed to visit Nigeria in early July and will seek to address the joint session of the National Assembly, Ambassador of France to Nigeria Mr. Denys Gauer, has said. Speaking when he paid a visit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Yakubu Dogara, at the National…
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Macron says EU needs coordinated stance on Chinese trade
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday during an official visit to Beijing called for a more coordinated European Union (EU) approach to trade with China. Macron said that too often in the past, European countries had come to China with widely varying agendas with some seeking more openness and others wary of granting more access…
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Macron says China’s new ‘Silk Road’ cannot be one-way
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that China and Europe should work together on Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative, a project aiming to build a modern-day “Silk Road” he said could not be “one-way”. Macron began his first state visit to China with a stopover in Xian, an eastern departure point of the ancient…
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Macron meets Putin, no fiery handshake, hold talks on Syria, Ukraine
France’s President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to improve the strained relations between their countries, while admitting to disagreements during talks at Versailles palace described by Macron as “extremely frank”. Their first meeting since Macron took office provided another test of the Frenchman’s diplomatic skills after his memorable first…
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France President, Macron reveals intentions behind fiery handshake with Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron has said his clenched handshake with Donald Trump was “not innocent” and was a “moment of truth”. The awkward encounter saw each grip the other’s hand so firmly that their knuckles turned white. Mr Macron told French media he had wanted to “show he would not make small concessions, not even…
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France’s new First Lady ran in local elections when Emmanuel Macron was 11 years old
France’s new First Lady, Brigitte Trogneux, is no stranger to politics. Unlike her husband, who had never run for office until he won the recent presidential election, Mrs Trogneux, 64, stood as a local councillor in eastern France 28 years ago, when her husband was only 11. At the time, her first husband, André-Louis Auzière,…
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Snub of the year: France President, Macron swerves past Trump to embrace Merkel – [Video included]
France President, Emmanuel Macron swerved to avoid the President of the United States, Donald Trump and embraced German Chancellor, Angela Merkel instead, in what seems to be Snub of the Year, in Brussels. The newly elected French President tweeted the video of himself walking up the red carpet towards the group of NATO leaders, seemingly…
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Watch President Trump shove fellow NATO leader, Dusko Markovic aside
While walking with the NATO leaders during his visit to the alliance’s headquarters Thursday, President Donald Trump pushed aside Dusko Markovic, the prime minister of Montenegro, as he moved to the front of a group of the leaders. Trump is at the brand-new NATO headquarters in Brussels for a summit with world leaders. It’s his…
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Video included: Trump and Macron – tale of a fiery handshake that made world headlines
The United States President, Donald Trump is known for so many things he claims he does better than anyone else in the world. One of those things is that when he locks your hand in a handshake, you may end up seeing your physiotherapist. He grabs the hand so hard, that many people he encountered…
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Hollande hands over power to France youngest president ever, Macron
In a solemn ceremony held today at Elysee Palace in Paris, socialist Francois Hollande handed over power to Emmanuel Macron, who becomes France youngest president ever. Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, arrived at the Elysee Palace in central Paris in a motorcade and walked down the red carpet under light rain to be greeted by Hollande…