EU flag removed from Arc de Triomphe after causing stir
A large European Union flag attached to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday to mark the start of France’s six-month presidency of the bloc was removed on Sunday after it drew outrage...
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Postcards from Paris: Indo-French Cooperation and the New World Order
Mr Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India and Dr Samir Saran, President of Observer Research Foundation joined a digital conversation on Friday where they discussed the scope of relations between India and France as...
Climate change or just crazy weather? How improving tools make it easier to tell
A week after heat waves toppled records across Europe late last month, scientists were ready to declare that climate change almost certainly drove the deadly hot stretch. On August 2, while the same heatwave was turning...
Emmanuel Macron’s carbon tax sparked Gilets Jaunes protests, but popular climate policy is possible
The gilets jaunes movement, by its own description, is motivated by broad discontent over shrinking incomes and rising living costs in France. However, the demonstrators in yellow jackets have rallied around one particular government policy: a looming...
Macron popularity plummets at home as he pushes globalism on world stage
French President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as the international leader defending multilateralism and globalism against the rising forces of nationalism — but at home, he is facing a bleaker political outlook and plummeting poll numbers....
Migrant deal welcome, but implementation tricky, Bavarian conservative says
Berlin– A senior lawmaker from Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU) on Friday gave a cautious welcome to a migration deal reached by European leaders at an all-night summit, but it was unclear whether it...
UK PM calls US images of migrant children ‘deeply disturbing’
London – British Prime Minister Theresa May today said images from the United States of migrant children kept in cages were “deeply disturbing” and that she would press President Donald Trump on the issue. “On...
Merkel, Macron search for reforms to halt EU ‘disintegration’
Meseberg — German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted French President Emmanuel Macron today to hammer out reforms that can stop the “disintegration” of the European Union, torn by populist forces and deep discord over immigration. The...
India and France to build strong development partnership: Swaraj
Paris – India, and France are working to shape a strong development partnership, including in the fields of science and technology, clean energy and infrastructure, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said as she met...
The Forgotten Algerian Massacre of Paris 1961
On 17 October 2001, Bertrand Delanoë, the Socialist Mayor of Paris, put up a plaque in remembrance of a famous massacre on the Saint-Michel bridge in Paris which says “Ici on noie les Algériens”...
