Macron’s plan toraise the retirement age from 62 to 64unleashed months of mass protests from January to June 2023 that damaged his leadership. The legislation, which has gradually started being implemented, also requires people to work 43 years to receive a full pension. The Socialists are...
Laurent Fabius, president of the Constitutional Council and former French prime minister, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Paris, France, Dec. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Gao Jing) PARIS, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Since the establishment of diplomatic ties 60 years ago, France has been viewing Ch...
FREJUS, FRANCE - 2023/05/03: The mayor of Pau François Bayrou is seen during the funeral of François Léotard. French politician and former Minister of Defense and Culture François Léotard died on April 25 at the age of 81. His funeral takes place in Frejus. (Photo by Laurent ...
Xi was received by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal at Paris Orly airport upon arrival. (Xinhua/Ding Lin) MAKING A BIGGER PIE According to data released by China's Ministry of Commerce, French direct investment in China in the first two months of this year has surged 585.8 percent year-...
President:Emmanuel Macron (2017) Prime Minister:Élisabeth Borne (2022) Land area:247,270 sq mi (640,427 sq km);total area:248,572 sq mi (643,801 sq km) Population (2022 est.):68,305,148 (growth rate: 0.32%); birth rate: 11.66/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.15/1000; life expec...
Nationals of these three countries filed a high number of French visa applications in 2023. The Prime Minister of France, Michel Barnier, has made a proposal to tighten further the Schengen visa granting rules for countries that refuse to readmit their nationals who stay in France irregularly. ...
Paris, July 14, 2023:Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the highest honour of France, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, by French President Emmanuel Macron, an official statement said. PM Modi was accorded a red-carpet welcome as he arrived in Paris on a two-day...
French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered his prime minister to use a special constitutional power that skirts parliament to force through highly unpopular pension system changes.
Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin stressed that since the establishment of China-France diplomatic relations 60 years ago, the two countries have enjoyed close exchanges and cooperation, and many French companies ...