French president in talks with Germany and Poland over whether warheads can protect them against Russia
Offer comes after Trump insists Ukrainian president should ‘immediately’ agree to negotiate with the Russian leader
Paris hopes Chancellor Friedrich Merz will bring new dynamism to European defence projects
French president warns that curbing scientific research puts America’s economy and democracy at risk
Leaders Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk set to sign wide-ranging pact next week
Alexis Kohler leaves chief of staff job he has held at the élysée Palace since French president’s election in 2017
Military officials from France and UK to travel to Kyiv soon, says French president
From Canada to Ukraine, populations rally behind leaders seeking to fend off the US president’s threats
Macron may not yet be bragging about it, but his crusade for strategic autonomy seems at long last to be vindicated
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France’s president proposes discussions with European allies amid fears about US pullback and threat from Russia
French discuss proposal for Kremlin to lose securities if it breaches a future ceasefire
Kyiv’s European allies sought to project unity at London summit
London and Paris pursue European plan after Zelenskyy’s furious encounter with Trump
Continent’s biggest powers gathered at London summit to salvage something from crumbling postwar order
French president to be followed by British PM in seeking support for US ‘backstop’ in postwar Ukraine
French president tells Financial Times that continent should ‘muscle up’ and secure its own future
French president hosts artificial intelligence summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman
Fran?ois Bayrou’s offer to review law comes as he seeks allies to help pass deficit-cutting budget
President says he takes responsibility for instability caused by dissolving parliament
Fran?ois Bayrou unveils members of cabinet and starts to focus on trying to enact a budget
Emmanuel Macron chooses ally as he seeks to stabilise political turmoil but faces Moody’s downgrade
An early Macron ally and admirer of Henri IV, Fran?ois Bayrou will have to navigate parliamentary turmoil
President negotiates with party leaders of left and right to ensure survival of next government
A system designed in the late 1950s is looking increasingly dysfunctional