Emmanuel Macron

‘We remain committed to intensifying sanctions against Russia, coordinating and fully enforcing them,’ the Group of Seven foreign ministers said in a communique released on Tuesday

Raising retirement age from 62 to 64, the president insists, was necessary to keep the pension system afloat as the population ages

The European Union wants Xi to persuade President Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s costly war in Ukraine. It’s also concerned about a military escalation around Taiwan

France’s president kept his promise by enacting the law raising the retirement age to 64, but he will have a hard time quelling discontent

The move is likely to enrage unions and other opponents of the pension plan, including protesters gathered in spots around France on Friday evening as the decision came down

Thousands marched along the designated protest route in Paris, while some protesters veered off to the Constitutional Council, which is to decide Friday whether to nix any or all parts of the legislation

The French president said that France and Europe ‘are for the status quo’ when it comes to Taiwan and ‘the policy of one China and the peaceful settlement of the question’

Some members of the audience at a theater in The Hague shouted at the French president, accusing him of undemocratically forcing through his plan to raise the retirement age

‘The question we need to answer, as Europeans, is the following: is it in our interest to accelerate [a crisis] on Taiwan? No,’ the president was quoted as saying in an interview

Mounds of burning debris hampered rescue operations Sunday. More than 100 firefighters worked to extinguish flames deep within the rubble, but more than 17 hours later, officials said the situation remained unstable

About 400,000 people joined the protest in Paris Thursday, down from 450,000 the week before, said the powerful CGT union

‘We need to find a lasting peace,’ the French president said. ‘I believe that this is also an important issue for China, as much as it is for France and for Europe’

A giant banner emblazoned with the words ‘64, it’s no’ was displayed by unionists on the top of the Arc de Triomphe monument soon after the meeting broke up

French officials say the president plans to urge Xi in talks Thursday to use Beijing’s influence with Russian President Vladimir Putin but didn’t expect a big shift in the Chinese position

A man in Paris lost a testicle to an officer’s club, a police grenade took the thumb of a woman in Rouen, and a railroad worker hit by grenade fragments lost an eye

The victims were trying to enter the United States illegally from Canada, said Lee-Ann O’Brien, deputy chief of the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service

The general secretary of the CFDT is calling on the French government to pause its controversial pension reform, warning that the conflict is turning into a democratic crisis

Security was ramped up for the 10th round of protest marches since January after the government warned that some demonstrators intended ‘to destroy, to injure and to kill’

A march by a large group of environmentalists in the rural heart of the country ended in a violent confrontation with the police, underscoring the destructive spiral in which popular opposition to Macron has entered

The French Minister for Transformation and Public Administration said in a statement that ‘recreational’ apps aren’t secure enough to be used in state administrative services

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said ‘common sense and friendship’ has led to the cancellation, a day after as many as one million demonstrated on the streets

Striking workers have refused to provide red carpets and critics are calling for the British king’s visit to be canceled altogether amid pension reform protests

The president is sticking to his decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 despite mass protests and recent violent incidents in the streets

A two-week strike by Paris garbage collectors is taking a toll on the renowned aesthetics of the French capital

The backlash to the French government’s pension reform has brought the country to a gridlock, with neither side strong enough to defeat the other. A situation made clear by Monday’s no-confidence vote

With the failure of both votes Monday, the pension bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 is considered adopted

His brazen move to force a pension reform bill through without a vote has infuriated the political opposition