Emmanuel Macron

French President Macron vows to speed up social media ban for under-15s

A teacher collects a student's mobile phone at the Jean Mermoz vocational high school in Montsoult, Paris, on Jan 14.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Jan 24, 2026

Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the US meeting in Abu Dhabi on Jan 23.

France trolls US, Russia misinformation on X

The government X account "French Response" has been battling information it deems to be false from Russian and US accounts since September.

French PM Lecornu survives no-confidence vote over forced budget

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a speech during a debate before votes on two no-confidence motions against the French government, one tabled by members of parliament of La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI) allied with the Greens and the Communists, and an other one tabled by the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) and the UDR (the Union des Droites), after the use by French government of the article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, to push the first part of the budget bill for 2026 (PLF 2026) through the National Assembly without a vote by lawmakers, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

France’s navy intercepts sanctioned Russian tanker in Mediterranean

Helicopters approach a tanker in the Mediterranean Sea, in a photo released by French defence forces.

Trump mocks Macron’s sunglasses in Davos speech

French President Emmanuel Macron attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan 20.

Macron’s Top Gun shades win the internet as leaders wrangle over Greenland

French President Emmanuel Macron wore sunglasses at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, due to a burst blood vessel.

France asks for a NATO exercise in Greenland, is ready to participate

France's President Emmanuel Macron attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Determined to seize Greenland, Trump faces tough reception in Davos

U.S. President Donald Trump walks as he departs for Davos, Switzerland from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

News analysis

Has French President Macron finally lost his personal touch with Trump?

Since first taking power within months of each other in 2017, US President Donald Trump (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron have had frequent disagreements.

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