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French Senate agrees Emmanuel Macron’s plan to scrap TV licence fee
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France is to scrap its television licence fee after the Senate approved Emmanuel Macron’s election promise to cut the public broadcasting tax in order to boost households’ spending power. But during a heated Senate de...
Emmanuel Macron ‘proud’ of supporting Uber’s lobbying drive in France
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Emmanuel Macron has said he was proud of supporting the US cab-hailing company Uber and would “do it again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow”, after revelations of his efforts to help the firm lobby against France’s...
Albanese arrives in France to heal rift with Emmanuel Macron
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The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has said he is seeking to reset relations with France ahead of a meeting with Emmanuel Macron. Albanese travelled to Paris for talks with the French president to repair...
Emmanuel Macron’s coalition level with new leftwing group in French elections
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Emmanuel Macron’s centrist grouping was neck and neck with a new leftwing alliance led by the hard-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the vote share of the first round of parliamentary elections, according to early projection...
Radical left threatens to hamstring Emmanuel Macron in French election
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Weeks after Emmanuel Macron entered the Elysée for a second five-year term of office, French voters could decide to hamstring their newly re-elected leader by forcing him into a political “cohabitation” that would par...
Yoga by Emmanuel Carrère review – the writer who ate himself
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In a sense, writing a book is easy. You just keep putting one interesting sentence after another, then thread them all together along a more or less fine narrative line. Only, it isn’t easy – in fact, it’s famously di...
Tomatoes hurled at French president Emmanuel Macron – video
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Tomatoes almost hit the French president, Emmanuel Macron, during a surprise visit to a food market in a working-class area north of Paris.Most people were friendly, some shouted congratulations and others asked for h...
Can Emmanuel Macron reunite France?
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The French president has faced down the challenge from the far right to win a second term. But he returns to office as president of a deeply divided country, says Angelique Chrisafis ...
Emmanuel Macron vows to be ‘president of everyone’ during victory speech – video
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Emmanuel Macron addresses his supporters in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris after early results projected him winning a second term, making him the first French president in 20 years to clinch a second mandate. An ...
Here’s the truth about Emmanuel Macron: he helped create this far-right monster
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On 6 May 2017, the day Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France after running on a “neither-left-nor-right” platform and defeating his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, the new ruler made a promise to the French ...
Can Emmanuel Macron hold off France’s far-right surge? – podcast
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The first round of the French election takes place this Sunday with Emmanuel Macron staking his claim to a second term. But to do so he must beat a resurgent far right, says our Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis...
Emmanuel Macron’s novices rally to hear how their elusive leader plans to win a second term
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This time almost five years ago, Caroline Janvier was a member of the newly elected Emmanuel Macron’s army of would-be parliamentarians. These “novices”, as La République En Marche – the pop-up party created to bring ...
Emmanuel Macron vows to step up welfare reforms if re-elected
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Emmanuel Macron has vowed to intensify his overhaul of France’s welfare state, tax system and labour market if he wins a second term as president next month, arguing that transforming French society would protect peop...
Emmanuel Macron promises to scrap TV licence fee if re-elected
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Emmanuel Macron has promised to scrap the French television licence fee if he is re-elected as president next month, prompting questions over the funding and independence of public television and radio. In the first p...
Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on Russia set alarm bells ringing
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Domestic critics of Emmanuel Macron, Nato hardliners and the leadership in Ukraine will be suspiciously examining the French president’s late-night remarks at his Moscow press conference on Monday for signs of freelan...
Emmanuel Macron says ‘Australia behaved badly’ over Aukus submarine deal – video
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French President Emmanuel Macron says Australia behaved badly after ending its submarine deal with France before opting for a nuclear powered arrangement in collaboration with the United States and United Kingdom. Mac...