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French President Emmanuel Macron greeted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the splendour of the Versailles palace outside Paris on Monday for their first face-to-face talks.

France’s Macron Vows Reprisals against Chemical Weapons Usage in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 29, 2017 | Middle East

The use of chemical weapons in Syria is a red line for France and would result in reprisals, Emmanuel Macron said on Monday during his first meeting as president of France with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. “Any use of chemical weapons would results in...

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French President Emmanuel Macron (R) speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) in the Galerie des Batailles (Gallery of Battles) as they arrive for a joint press conference at the Chateau de Versailles before the opening of an exhibition marking 300 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries in Versailles, France, May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Stephane De Sakutin/Pool

Tough Talks Challenge Putin-Macron Meeting

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 29, 2017 | World

French President Emmanuel Macron met Russia’s Vladimir Putin near Paris on Monday, promising some frank talking with the Kremlin leader after an election campaign in which his team accused Russian media of trying to interfere. Macron, who took office two weeks...

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at a press conference at the end of the G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017.REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Macron to Meet Russia’s Putin to Settle Syria, Ukraine Disagreements

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2017 | World

Paris – French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the palace of Versailles outside Paris on May 29 to inaugurate an exhibition marking 300 years of Franco-Russian diplomatic ties. The meeting next week near Paris between Macron...

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President Macron and his wife Brigitte on the steps of the Élysée Palace after the handover ceremony. Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

Macron: Time to Bring Self-confidence Back to the French

by Michel Abu Najm | May 15, 2017 | World

Paris – At around 10 AM, the new French President Emmanuel Macron, arrived at the 18th century Elysee palace in a Renault armored car and walked up the red carpet to the Elysee steps where outgoing President Francois Hollande waited to welcome him. On the right,...

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Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, attends a campaign rally in Marseille, France. REUTERS/Philippe Laurenson

France at a Crossroads

by Eyad Abu Shakra | May 13, 2017 | Opinion

What Europe are we expected to wake up to? What political culture are we going to live under? Would there still be a place for descendants of immigrants in the continent where the Crusades were launched and two world wars were started, when its bigots begin rejecting...