Laurent Joffrin
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Macron indulges in self-flattery with homage to Charles de Gaulle
- Europe
- June 18, 2020, 19:30
At General Charles de Gaulle’s second World War headquarters in London on Thursday, president Emmanuel Macron compared de Gaulle to Britain’s wartime (...)

France and Germany propose €500bn EU rescue plan
- Europe
- May 18, 2020, 20:36
French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday announced a joint initiative for a €500 billion EU recovery plan to hel(...)

Trial over diet drug that led to deaths of ‘up to 2,000’ begins in France
- Europe
- September 23, 2019, 14:32
France’s second largest pharmaceutical company, Servier, went on trial on Monday for manslaughter, causing injury, corruption, deception, destroying e(...)

Career-killer lobster saga continues to grip French politics
- Europe
- July 24, 2019, 20:00
A pile of giant red lobsters on a silver platter, surrounded by champagne bottles and glittering crystal, destroyed the career of environment minister(...)

France: Macron at risk of losing EU election to Le Pen’s far right
- Europe
- May 24, 2019, 19:00
Emmanuel Macron’s party is in danger of losing Sunday’s European Parliament elections in France to far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement Nati(...)

As French as snails in garlic: Debate rages over absurd grammatical rule
- Europe
- September 19, 2018, 01:00
As a native English-speaker who has constantly endeavoured to perfect her French, I have been delighted by a grammatical controversy raging in French (...)

Macron dealt big blow as ecology minister quits on live radio
- Europe
- August 28, 2018, 18:36
President Emmanuel Macron has again been plunged into political crisis, this time by the on-air resignation of the most popular member of his cabinet,(...)

Macron makes headlines with crude advice to protesting workers
- Europe
- October 6, 2017, 11:41
In President Emmanuel Macron’s France, as in Donald Trump’s America, it is often a few casually spoken, infelicitous words, rather than substance, th(...)

Man of compassion or savage capitalist? The difficulty of defining Macron
- Europe
- September 13, 2017, 01:00
Four months after his election political commentators are still struggling to classify President Emmanuel Macron. In recent days he has been called a (...)

Macron set for second presidential appearance in Louis XIV’s palace
- Europe
- July 1, 2017, 02:00
An opposition and media outcry over President Emmanuel Macron’s scheduled address to the two house of the French parliament at the Château de Versaill(...)