The French national debt has grown more than expected. Finance Minister Le Maire is therefore calling for significant austerity measures. All expenditures that do not produce the expected results must be abandoned.
By Redaktion Table
While Berlin and Brussels are discussing how to strengthen farmers in the supply chain, French President Emmanuel Macron has boldly announced that price floors for agricultural products will apply in the future. But in practice, many questions remain unanswered.
By Claire Stam
More ammunition, more weapons, and even the deployment of their own troops in Ukraine were discussed by 20 heads of state and government on Monday evening in Paris. Host Emmanuel Macron does not rule out the deployment of his own soldiers.
By Redaktion Table
The former head of the EU Border Guard Agency is running on the far-right party's list for the European elections. He resigned in 2022 due to a disciplinary investigation launched against him.
By Claire Stam
The ECR Group in the European Parliament opens to a French far-right party. It accepts Nicolas Bay from Reconquête. The party was founded by Éric Zemmour in 2021, who massively opposes Islam.
By Markus Grabitz
French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Wolfgang Schäuble at the state ceremony in the Bundestag. The deceased politician was a great servant of Germany, a great European and a great friend of Germany.
By Okan Bellikli
With the government reshuffle in France, Clément Beaune has lost his post as transport minister. Apparently, he now wants to focus on Brussels. President Macron has to decide between a national and a European campaign for the European elections.
By Claire Stam
France's energy policy is moving from the Ministry for the Energy Transition to the super-ministry of the former Minister of Economy and Finance. This announcement has European implications: Paris will push even harder to put nuclear energy on the agenda of the next Commission. New conflicts with the German government are foreseeable.
By Claire Stam
France's former education minister Gabriel Attal has been appointed as the youngest prime minister of the Fifth Republic. The 34-year-old will have to try to give Macron's remaining term of office a new dynamic.
By Claire Stam
In 1964, China and France announced the beginning of their diplomatic relations. China gladly affirmed that France was the first Western country to establish diplomatic relations with the new People's Republic of China. Thus, the first air connection with China was opened, the establishment of centers for Chinese culture was approved, and the first faculty for the Chinese language in a Western country was authorized. And yet, the relationship was not always only positive. In the 21st century, for example, the Sino-French relationship faces new challenges. In view of the power struggle between the USA and China in the Indo-Pacific, France fears for its influence on New Caledonia, and thus to be pushed to the margins. That's because New Caledonia is home to 25 percent of the world's nickel reserves - the gold of the 21st century. The AUKUS military alliance was supposed to limit China's power in the Indo-Pacific, but on New Caledonia it achieves the exact opposite and lies heavily on the China-France relationship. In the current boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics, France chooses to send its athlete:s to China. From emissions trading to sanctions & the Indo-Pacific conflict to the anti-Huawei law & CAI - current China-France news in from the Table.editor!
