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French President Macron Names Ex-Brexit Negotiator As New French PM
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier, the European Union's former Brexit negotiator, as his new prime minister on Thursday, after weeks of drawn out talks following an inconclusive snap election.
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Ex French President To Run For Parliament Again In Surprise Comeback
France's former Socialist president Francois Hollande on Saturday said he would run for parliament again, the latest political twist following his successor Emmanuel Macron's surprise decision to call snap legislative elections.
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France's Macron Names Envoy For Future Europe-Middle East-India Corridor
French President Emmanuel Macron named the former head of gas utility Engie as its special envoy to a multinational rail and ports project linking the Middle East and South Asia tipped as an alternative to China's Belt and Road initiative.
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Joe Biden Confuses Emmanuel Macron With Former French Leader Francois Mitterrand Who Died In 1996
Notably, Francois Mitterrand, who was France's president from 1981 to 1995, died in 1996.
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Ex French President Nikolas Sarkozy Denies Wrongdoing In Corruption Case
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday "vigorously" denied any wrongdoing as he appealed a one-year jail sentence for illegal campaign financing.
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3 French Men Convicted For Planning Knife Attack On President Emmanuel Macron
Jean-Pierre Bouyer, a 66-year-old former mechanic, was handed the longest sentence of four years in prison, with one year suspended, well below the maximum jail term of 10 years for the offence.
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Will French Left-Wing Voters Back Rightest Le Pen For President
Despite being a former minister in a Socialist government, French President Emmanuel Macron long ago burned through the goodwill he once had among left-wing voters.
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France Detains 2 Over Protest At Villa Of Putin's Former Son-In-Law
French police were on Monday holding two men for breaking into a villa owned by the former son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin in protest at the invasion of Ukraine, prosecutors said.
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Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter Quizzed Over Qatar 2022 World Cup Vote
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been interviewed by French anti-corruption police investigating the controversial vote to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Given 2nd Jail Term But He Won't Be Behind Bars
A French court on Thursday handed former president Nicolas Sarkozy a one-year prison sentence for illegal financing of his 2012 re-election bid, dealing a fresh blow to the right-winger seven months after he received a jail term for corruption.
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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Found Guilty In Corruption Case
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid by a Paris court on Thursday.
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France's Emmanuel Macron Visits ISIS Former Stronghold In Iraq's Mosul
French President Emmanuel Macron was to pay a visit Sunday to the ISIS's former Iraqi stronghold Mosul, a day after vowing to keep troops in the country.
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Pegasus Spyware Potentially Targeted French President Emmanuel Macron’s Phone on Behalf of Morocco: Report
The phone of French President Emmanuel Macron was on a list of potential targets for potential surveillance on behalf of Morocco in the Pegasus spyware case, French daily Le Monde reported.
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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Jailed In Corruption Case: Report
A French court on Monday convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of corruption and influence peddling, handing him a three-year prison sentence of which two years are suspended.
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Former French President Dies Of COVID-19 At 94
Former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who led his country into a new modern era and onto a firmly pro-European path, died late Wednesday of Covid-19, his family said.
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French President Macron Names Ex-Brexit Negotiator As New French PM
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier, the European Union's former Brexit negotiator, as his new prime minister on Thursday, after weeks of drawn out talks following an inconclusive snap election.
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Ex French President To Run For Parliament Again In Surprise Comeback
France's former Socialist president Francois Hollande on Saturday said he would run for parliament again, the latest political twist following his successor Emmanuel Macron's surprise decision to call snap legislative elections.
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France's Macron Names Envoy For Future Europe-Middle East-India Corridor
French President Emmanuel Macron named the former head of gas utility Engie as its special envoy to a multinational rail and ports project linking the Middle East and South Asia tipped as an alternative to China's Belt and Road initiative.
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Joe Biden Confuses Emmanuel Macron With Former French Leader Francois Mitterrand Who Died In 1996
Notably, Francois Mitterrand, who was France's president from 1981 to 1995, died in 1996.
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Ex French President Nikolas Sarkozy Denies Wrongdoing In Corruption Case
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday "vigorously" denied any wrongdoing as he appealed a one-year jail sentence for illegal campaign financing.
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3 French Men Convicted For Planning Knife Attack On President Emmanuel Macron
Jean-Pierre Bouyer, a 66-year-old former mechanic, was handed the longest sentence of four years in prison, with one year suspended, well below the maximum jail term of 10 years for the offence.
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Will French Left-Wing Voters Back Rightest Le Pen For President
Despite being a former minister in a Socialist government, French President Emmanuel Macron long ago burned through the goodwill he once had among left-wing voters.
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France Detains 2 Over Protest At Villa Of Putin's Former Son-In-Law
French police were on Monday holding two men for breaking into a villa owned by the former son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin in protest at the invasion of Ukraine, prosecutors said.
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Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter Quizzed Over Qatar 2022 World Cup Vote
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been interviewed by French anti-corruption police investigating the controversial vote to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Given 2nd Jail Term But He Won't Be Behind Bars
A French court on Thursday handed former president Nicolas Sarkozy a one-year prison sentence for illegal financing of his 2012 re-election bid, dealing a fresh blow to the right-winger seven months after he received a jail term for corruption.
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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Found Guilty In Corruption Case
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid by a Paris court on Thursday.
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France's Emmanuel Macron Visits ISIS Former Stronghold In Iraq's Mosul
French President Emmanuel Macron was to pay a visit Sunday to the ISIS's former Iraqi stronghold Mosul, a day after vowing to keep troops in the country.
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Pegasus Spyware Potentially Targeted French President Emmanuel Macron’s Phone on Behalf of Morocco: Report
The phone of French President Emmanuel Macron was on a list of potential targets for potential surveillance on behalf of Morocco in the Pegasus spyware case, French daily Le Monde reported.
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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Jailed In Corruption Case: Report
A French court on Monday convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of corruption and influence peddling, handing him a three-year prison sentence of which two years are suspended.
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Former French President Dies Of COVID-19 At 94
Former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who led his country into a new modern era and onto a firmly pro-European path, died late Wednesday of Covid-19, his family said.
