France President Emmanuel Macron met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. The French President is on a three-day visit to China. He met the Chinese Premier Li Qiang and with the National Assembly chairperson Li Zhanshu at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing.

France's President Emmanuel Macron meets Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing | WION

French President Emmanuel Macron landed in China on shortly ahead of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. The leaders will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping with the objective to repair ties with Beijing. They are also set to encourage Xi Jinping to press for peace in Ukraine.

Macron arrives in China to meet Xi Jinping; EU Chief to land soon

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will land in China on Wednesday (April 5), in a rare and significant three-day state visit amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

Russia-Ukraine war and trade ties on agenda as France's Emmanuel Macron begins China trip

Emmanuel Macron arrived in China on Wednesday for a three-day state visit in which he hopes to dissuade Xi Jinping from supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while also developing European trade ties with Beijing. “China is the only country in the world capable of having an immediate and radical impact on the conflict, in one direction or the other,” an official from the French president’s office said of the war in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron on a 3-day China visit, on mission to help end Ukraine war

French President Emmanuel Macron is due to visit China on Wednesday (Apri 15). He appears to have a balancing act before him as he attempts to keep relations between the two countries smooth and at the same time, dissuade China from supporting Russian invasion of Ukraine.

As Macron heads to China, balancing act over Ukraine awaits him

The ninth day of protests against the pension reforms in France saw over a million people take to the streets, with at least 119,000 in Paris alone. It was a day of violent protests as a Bordeaux town hall was set on fire.

France pension reform protests turn violent, Bordeaux town hall set on fire

French President Emmanuel Macron's government on Monday narrowly survived two no-confidence motions in the parliament. The nation's 577 National Assembly rejected the motion brought by the centrist LIOT coalition by a very narrow margin.

'We'll meet in the streets': Macron's government narrowly survives no-confidence vote over pension reform

French President Emmanuel Macron's government faces several motions of no-confidence in the national assembly today after his government forced through a deeply unpopular pension reform bill. Scores of demonstrators have taken to the streets in various parts of the country with some union leaders even saying that they will continue to demonstrate even if the bill gets passed.

Has Macron gone too far pushing through pension reform?

French president Macron has passed the new pension reforms and increased the retirement age from 62 to 64. Opposition leaders have urged for a no-confidence motion against Macron. Will the French government empathise with its citizens? Mohammed Saleh reports.

Gravitas: France passes new pension reforms

The unrest over French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms turned violent as protesters and the police clashed with each other in central Paris.

French union members, police clash over Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms

Opposition lawmakers in France on Friday (March 17) filed a no-confidence motion against President Emmanuel Macron's government after it posted the contested pensions reform by decree.

France: Opposition lawmakers file no confidence motion over pension reforms

Police clashed with protesters in Paris after the French government took the decision to force through pension reforms without voting in parliament. People gathered on Place de la Concorde to protest against the increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64.

Protests escalate as Macron overrides parliament to pass pension reform in France

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday won approval from the upper house Senate for his controversial pensions reform, including raising the country's retirement age by two years to 64.

Emmanuel Macron wins pension reform backing from French upper house

Paris, the city of romance, is turning into a garbage dump as tonnes of stinking garbage continue to pile up on the city's sidewalks as sanitation workers continue their strike for the ninth day on Tuesday.

Romantic city Paris turns into a garbage dump as strikes continue

Despite raging protests across the country. The French senate has decided to adopt Macron's unpopular pension reform plan. There were 195 votes for and 112 votes against the bill in which a key point is to raise the age of retirement by two years from 62 to 64.

French senate passes pension reform bill amid raging protests

The French Senate late Saturday (March 11) approved President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plan despite massive protests opposing the policy. In the upper house of Parliament, 195 members voted for the text while 112 voted against it.

France: Senate approves Macron’s pension reform plan despite massive protests

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that a draft law will be placed forward by his government enshrining the right to abortion in the French constitution in the months ahead.

Macron says will put abortion rights in French constitution in 'coming months'

The French Senate on Thursday voted 201-115 to raise the retirement age by two years to 64 even as protests continued across the country. The Senate, dominated by the conservative Les Republicains party voted in favour of the motion, giving President Emmanuel Macron his first mini-victory in the ongoing saga.

'Mini-victory' for Macron as French Senate vote approves raising retirement age to 64

French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to push the retirement age to 64 faced remarkable resistance on March 7 after around 1.28 million people came on the streets to protest the move.

France protests: Around 1.28 million people demonstrate against Macron's pension reforms

French President Emmanuel Macron plans to visit China in early April in hopes of encouraging Beijing to pressure Russia into ending the war in Ukraine. Watch the video to know more.

French President Emmanuel Macron to visit China in April on mission to help end Ukraine war

French President Emmanuel Macron organised a discreet ceremony at the Elysée Palace to give Légion d’honneur to Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos as thousands of workers continued to protest across France over the changes in the pension plan.

Emmanuel Macron faces criticism for handing Légion d’honneur to Jeff Bezos

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Russia slams Emmanuel Macron for his remarks, says Moscow remembers Napoleon’s fate

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Russia should be defeated in Ukraine, but added that he doesn’t want to see the war getting dragged to Moscow soil in a bid to “crush” the nation.

Want Russia to be ‘defeated’ in war against Ukraine, not ‘crushed’, says France’s Macron

The French President Emmanuel Macron said he wants to see Russia defeated in Ukraine however, he cleared that there should not be an aim to attack Russia in their soil.

Munich Security Summit | Macron: Russia should be defeated in Ukraine, not crushed at home

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