Green wave batters Emmanuel Macron in local elections as his centrist party suffers humiliating loss

Green wave batters Emmanuel Macron in local elections as his centrist party suffers humiliating loss to socialist alliance with eco warriors Alliance between eco candidates and left-wingers proved dominant tonight Among them was Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo who won another six year term  Macron’s candidate for the mayoralty had just a 16 percent share of … Read more

Are we going on a summer holiday? We reveal where we can go and where we can’t from Spain to Cyprus

Well, did they or didn’t they? Some reports say Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French president Emmanuel Macron discussed a reciprocal arrangement to allow holidays to go ahead this summer in their respective countries without any need to self-isolate; others, including a No 10 spokesman, said it ‘didn’t come up’. Which is symptomatic of the … Read more

Dramatic moment police tackle anti-French protester to the ground in London

This is the dramatic moment police tackled a demonstrator to the ground as he appeared to try and run towards Emmanuel Macron‘s motorcade in London this afternoon.  The man is thought to have tried to run after the President’s car convoy during his high-profile visit to the capital today, as part of a protest against … Read more

Mandela and Gandhi statues join Winston Churchill in being freed from protective metal boxes

The statues dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela emerged once again in Parliament Square today after workers removed the metal boards covering the iconic leaders on the same day the French President made his visit to the capital.  Construction workers, dressed in protective clothing and equipped with harnesses, set to work removing each of … Read more

It’s two metres apart over here, mon ami! Boris Johnson dodges enthusiastic welcome from Manu Macron

Emmanuel Marcon appeared to consider a very coronavirus unfriendly greeting for Boris Johnson as the two leaders met for talks in Downing Street today. The French president – whose country insists on only one metre social distancing – briefly appeared to want to hug the Prime Minister as they greeted each other outside No10. But … Read more

Rouge, white and blue! Red Arrows and Patrouille de France take to the skies

The Red Arrows and their French equivalent, the Patrouille de France, took to the skies this afternoon to perform a spectacular flyover over London ahead of Emmanuel Macron‘s visit to the UK. Red, white and blue smoke was streaked across the horizon of the French capital this morning as the French President payed his respects at the Mont-Valerien, the country’s … Read more

President Macron in London to meet Boris Johnson and Prince Charles

French President Emmanuel Macron was today welcomed to Britain with a ceremony of pomp and pageantry as he marked the 80th anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle’s famous wartime broadcast. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall greeted France’s leader at their official London home of Clarence House in the pouring rain – but … Read more

The Red Arrows and Patrouille de France perform a spectacular flypast over Paris

The Red Arrows and their French equivalent, the Patrouille de France, today performed a spectacular flypast over Paris ahead of Emmanuel Macron‘s visit to London on the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s famous rallying cry to resist the Nazis. Red, white and blue smoke was streaked across the horizon of the French capital this morning as … Read more