Tag Archives: French President

French PM Bayrou faces no-confidence vote after forcing budget plan through parliament

Muhamad Yehia The confidence vote will likely be held as early as Wednesday, with the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) stating it will put forward a motion to try and topple François Bayrou’s recently appointed government. French Prime Minister François Bayrou forced his 2025 budget plan through parliament without a vote …

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Lebanon: newly-elected president receives visit from French president Macron

Muhamad Yehia He is among the first major international leaders to visit Lebanon’s new president. Emmanuel Macron’s twelve-hour visit comes just eight days after the presidential election that saw Aoun fill a position left vacant for over two years as a result of political power struggles and divisions. The French …

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For the first time, France’s Macron calls 1944 killings of West African troops by French a massacre

  Muhamad Yehia DAKAR, Senegal — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter addressed to the Senegalese authorities. Macron’s move, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of …

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Vigils, protests around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel

Muhamad Yehia NEW YORK (AP) — Commemorations and protests unfolded across the world on Monday to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, an assault that sparked a war that has devastated the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip, fueled bloodshed in other Mideast lands and stirred protests and divisions far …

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