France’s Mayotte cleans up after cyclone, total death toll still unknown
Cyclone Chido leaves 31 confirmed dead on Indian Ocean archipelago but officials fear death toll could run to thousands
Emmanuel Macron
The Irish Times view on France’s new prime minister: an impossible job
François Bayrou inherits a poisoned chalice of Emmanuel Macron’s making
France has a new prime minister, but the same political crisis
Centrist politician François Bayrou given the task of governing divided parliament where Michel Barnier failed
Macron names centrist ally Francois Bayrou as new French prime minister
Francois Bayrou replaces Michel Barnier who resigned last week after far-right and leftist lawmakers voted to topple the government
Poland plays down prospect of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine
Donald Trump critical of long-range strikes against Russia carried out with US missiles by Kyiv
French Socialists talk of ‘compromise’ if Macron names left-wing PM
Party has shifted since Michel Barnier’s government collapsed in a vote of no-confidence last week
Russia talks pointless without security guarantees and defence boost, Ukraine says
Kyiv open to possible deployment of western troops ahead of Nato membership
Kyiv and Moscow cite conditions after Trump calls for immediate Ukraine ceasefire
Trump meets Zelenskiy in Paris for first face-to-face talks since Trump won US election
Georgia’s president says she talked with Trump, Macron about ‘stolen election’
Opposition leaders detained by courts amid crackdown on pro-EU groups
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Trump meets Macron and Zelenskiy in Paris ahead of Notre Dame reopening
US president-elect to meet Emmanuel Macron at time of uncertainty about his likely approach to Ukraine-Russia war
Contrast between the beauty of Notre Dame and the condition of France is stark
Macron will hobnob with foreign leaders at the cathedral, much as Louis XVI tinkered with his clock collection on the day the Bastille was taken
Opposition ‘chose chaos’ with no-confidence vote in Barnier, says Macron, after PM’s resignation
President tells France he will ‘fully’ exercise five-year mandate as he faces rising pressure to step down following government collapse
French government collapses after losing no-confidence vote in parliament
Left and far right punish PM Michel Barnier for using special constitutional powers to ram part of unpopular budget through parliament
No confidence motion by French MPs likely to oust fragile Barnier coalition
Attempt to dislodge government comes at a time when country struggling to tame massive budget deficit
France crisis: What will happen if government loses no-confidence vote?
Michel Barnier’s decision to push budget through parliament without a vote could trigger a political crisis
Notre Dame: World gets first glimpse of restored interior following 2019 fire
Gaping holes left in vaulted ceilings and charred piles of debris gone from 12th-century Gothic masterpiece
France deploys thousands of police for Israel football match in Paris after Amsterdam violence
Fixture designated ‘high risk’ following recent hooliganism and anti-Semitism in Dutch capital surrounding Maccabi Tel Aviv fans
Europe is ill equipped for chaos of second Trump term
Prospects of a trade war and collapse of US support for Ukraine pose grave threats to EU
What does Trump’s win mean for the EU, Ukraine, China and Middle East?
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‘He’s very angry with Europe’: Trump win puts EU on ‘bumpy road’, says former trade commissioner
Warning comes as European leaders congratulate Donald Trump on US election victory
Israel ‘must be held accountable for bombing civilians’, says Tánaiste as Irish aid to Lebanon rises to €10m
Israel must be ‘held accountable for bombing civilian populations’, Tánaiste said at Beirut aid conference in Paris
Biden calls for greater backing for Ukraine and praises German support on short visit to Berlin
US president in Germany to hold talks with Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer
As French bond rates near Greece, Macron is indebted to an old foe that things are not worse
France now finds itself the sick child of Europe, so what would the French president give for a François Hollande figure to step forward?
Replacement of French commissioner suits both von der Leyen and Macron
Hard to imagine Ursula von der Leyen shivving Thierry Breton without the blessing of Macron
Draghi diagnoses economic ills but will EU take his medicine?
Former ECB head gives his diagnosis but European Union likely won’t agree to take its medicine
Thousands protest in France after Macron picks Barnier as prime minister
Left-wing parties accuse the president of stealing elections
French far right exerts outsize power over Barnier and Macron, rivals say
Macron accused of giving Le Pen the power of Julius Caesar overseeing a gladiatorial battle, giving a thumbs up or down to his candidate for prime minister
Tough climb ahead for friend of Ireland as Michel Barnier is appointed French prime minister
Few foreign politicians are spoken about in Dublin in such glowing terms as the former EU chief Brexit negotiator
Michel Barnier, former EU chief Brexit negotiator, named new French prime minister
French president has been seeking to form new government for two months after losing legislative vote
At least 12 dead after boat ‘ripped open’ attempting to cross English Channel, French minister says
More than 50 people rescued and two missing after ‘terrible shipwreck’ off coast of Cap Gris-Nez
Starmer and Macron discuss plans to reset UK relations with France and EU during Paris talks
PM’s meeting with French president follows recent visit to Germany where he said he was not ‘reversing Brexit’ amid plans for treaty
Facts on Israel munitions overflights must be established, Taoiseach says after Gaza discussion with Macron
Simon Harris, visiting French president at the Élysée Palace, confirmed no consent had been sought for transport
Macron accused of denying democracy after rejecting left-wing prime minister
French president has sole power to name new premier following last month’s inconclusive election
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