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• French elections 2022: Why it matters to the wider world as Russia-Ukraine war continues?

  Twelve candidates are vying for the presidency -- including incumbent and favorite President Emmanuel Macron who is seeking a new term amid a challenge from the far-right.

  World

  Apr 8, 2022
  
• Anti-vaccine protestors rally in France, tell Macron: ‘We’ll piss you off’

  French President Emmanuel Macron said this week he wanted to irritate unvaccinated people by making their lives so complicated they would end up getting jabbed.

  World

  Jan 9, 2022
  
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• France’s Macron stands by remarks, still wants to ‘piss off’ the unvaccinated

  France's strategy is to "vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate," Macron insisted, as the country reported this week Europe's highest-ever single-day confirmed infection count

  World

  Jan 7, 2022
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• Strict coronavirus lockdown in France set to lift, re-opening shops, hair salons

  The country decided to lift the lockdown after the number of patients in intensive care -- a key measure of hospitals' ability to cope -- fell to less than half the peak of over 7,000 seen in early April.

  Economy

  May 10, 2020
• French President Emmanuel Macron’s concessions set to blow out France’s deficit

  France will overshoot the European Union's budget deficit ceiling next year without deeper spending cuts after President Emmanuel Macron caved into anti-government protests.

  Economy

  Dec 11, 2018