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The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, stated on Friday, 18 September, that he ordered measures to protect the critical infrastructure and facilities of his country's defence industry from "Russian hybrid attacks." He also noted that the threat from Moscow has intensified in recent weeks.
Faced with a "rapid degradation" of the geopolitical situation and the "unbearable" fuel prices, Emmanuel Macron began on Friday 18 September a confidential meeting at the Elysée with the main presidential candidates or their right hand. The details of Roselyne Febvre, a political columnist in France 24.
During the meeting between the party leaders and Emmanuel Macron, which is taking place this Friday, September 18, Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally, asked to accept "a reduction in fuel taxes", in response to the "suffering" of "the France that works". The explanations of Johan Bodin, journalist in France 24.
Emmanuel Macron said Russia's hybrid threat had "intensified" and called for plans to protect critical infrastructure.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Jordanian King Abdala II met with French President Emmanuel Macron on September 17 in Paris to promote international support for the Lebanese Army in the end of the UN FIFUL mission in southern Lebanon, scheduled for December 2026. Aoun took advantage of the meeting to address with Macron the situation in the south of the country and what Beirut calls continued Israeli "attacks," as well as the state of negotiations between Lebanon, the United States and Israel.
Emmanuel Macron received on Friday at the Élysée the main candidates for his succession, or their representatives, for a meeting dedicated to the rise in fuel prices and the geopolitical situation. Édouard Philippe, Gabriel Attal, Bruno Retailleau, Raphaël Glucksmann, Olivier Faure, Marine Tondelier and Fabien Roussel will be present. Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon will be represented by Jordan Bardella and Manuel Bompard.
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting leaders of France’s political parties at the Elysée on Friday for talks on the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and the consequences for the country’s security and energy amid soaring fuel prices.
