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Macron visits remote French territory in the North America, a first in over a decade

President Emmanuel Macron embarks on a rare and symbolic visit to a remote French territory in the North Atlantic on Saturday, hosting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a time of growing tensions with Washington. The three-day visit to Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a three-island archipelago of under 6,000 people just off Newfoundland, will be the first by a French president in over a decade. Peter O'Brien tells us more about France's only remaining possession in North America.

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: Macron and Carney want to display "the sovereignty of nations"

A small, isolated but strategic French archipelago at the edge of the North Atlantic: Emmanuel Macron travels from this Saturday, September 19 to Monday, September 21, to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, where he will display, alongside Prime Minister Mark Carney, the unity of Canada, France and Europeans and the "sovereignty of nations" facing the blows of Donald Trump.

Macron in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: "A way to recall French sovereignty"

This Sunday, Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are to display the "sovereignty of nations" in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon against Donald Trump - who recently published a map where the entire North America was displayed as a United States... For the French president, "to spend three days there is a way to recall French sovereignty," explains our guest Guillaume Poiret, geographer and North American specialist.

France's Macron hosts Canadian PM Carney amid US tensions

President Emmanuel Macron embarks on a rare and symbolic visit to a remote French territory in the North Atlantic on Saturday, hosting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a time of growing tensions with Washington. This comes after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU’s first associate member. Analysis by Guillaume Lavoie, associate member of the Raoul-Dandurand chair in strategic and diplomatic studies.

France’s Macron warns of Russian ‘hybrid’ attacks, seeks to step up energy defence

Just months before France's presidential election, rising fuel costs due to the wars in Iran and Ukraine have pushed the nation to the verge of crisis. In an attempt to address public anger and energy threats, French President Emmanuel Macron gathered the nation's major party presidential candidates at the presidential palace. But the main takeaway from this meeting was perhaps Macron's warning about Russian "hybrid attacks"... what exactly does he mean and how serious is the threat? Details and analysis by Richard Werly, France and Europe correspondent for Blick.

The attacks attributed to Russia are multiplying in Europe and reaching the gates of NATO

Macron orders to protect French critical infrastructure after six weeks of incidents that have approached the Union's borders

France under energy pressure: Macron calls the G7 to release oil reserves

The prices of fuel and gas in France were fired. The concern led President Emmanuel Macron to convene a meeting of the G7, whose presidency this year France exercises, to strengthen energy cooperation and to consider a possible coordinated release of strategic oil reserves. The tension over the US-Iran war and the blockade of the Ormuz Strait has increased prices and made it difficult for oil and liquefied natural gas to pass around the world.

Macron orders to strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure against Russian attacks

The French President warns that the hybrid attacks in Moscow have been on the rise in the country and in Europe. And he claims that "they won't go without an answer."

Direct Paris and Macron's order to protect critical facilities from "Russian hybrid attacks"

The war in Ukraine and the closure of the Ormuz Strait for the war in Iran have direct consequences in France. President Emmanuel Macron met with the Welsh political leaders and then addressed the press to announce that he gave the order to protect the critical infrastructure and facilities of the country's defence industry from "Russian hybrid attacks." The president also stated that the fuel crisis in the country is not linked to any Government decision. Our journalist Erika Olavarría has added information.

France: Emmanuel Macron says "Russian threat has intensified"

Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday 18 September that he had asked the French government to "prepare a plan to protect our critical infrastructures" in the face of the Russian "hybrid" attacks, which will not remain "not without answers" from Europeans. The "nature of Russian aggression and threats in Europe changes", warned the French president after having received in the Elysée the party leaders and candidates in the presidential election of 2027.

"France strives to facilitate the reopening of Ormuz": Macron on fuel crisis

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, addressed the press after meeting with political leaders, with whom he assessed the situation in the country, in the midst of external situations that have affected the Galo territory, such as the war in Ukraine, the changes in the Russian strategy and the oil crisis caused by the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Ormuz. The President said that although France is not involved in these events, it is being affected and diplomatic efforts are being made to reopen the strategic trade step in the Middle East.

Macron orders a plan to protect France's critical infrastructure from "Russian hybrid attacks"

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.

Macron addresses energy crisis, warns of 'hybrid attacks'

President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that France would convene a G7 meeting dedicated to energy in the weeks to come as fuel prices soar amid the US-Iran war. Speaking to the press after a meeting with party leaders over the energy crisis and international security, Macron also said he had ordered measures to protect France's critical infrastructure from increasing Russian "hybrid attacks".

Macron convenes French party leaders as soaring energy prices put focus on wars in Iran and Ukraine

Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University’s Management School in the UK. According to Foucart, France’s energy and economic crises expose a deeper collision between economic constraints, political accountability and an approaching presidential election. He interprets Emmanuel Macron’s rare Élysée meeting with party leaders over soaring energy prices as both an exercise in presidential legacy-building and an attempt to force prospective successors to confront high energy costs, rising borrowing costs, limited fiscal room and t

France: Emmanuel Macron brings together political party leaders at the Elysée

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.

REPLAY: Macron orders plan to counter 'Russian hybrid attacks'

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said he had ordered measures to shield France's key infrastructure and defence industry sites from increasing Russian hybrid attacks. The announcement came as Macron spoke to the press after meeting in Paris with political party leaders to discuss recent developments in the international situation including the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Watch his press conference in full above.

France: Macron orders defense against Russian hybrid attacks

Emmanuel Macron said Russia's hybrid threat had "intensified" and called for plans to protect critical infrastructure.

🔴 Macron orders plan to protect France critical infrastructure against 'Russian hybrid attacks'

Macron brings Aoun and King Abdallah II together in Paris to strengthen the Lebanese Army

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.

Geopolitical situation and fuel prices: Macron brings together presidential candidates

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.