Leaders of France’s National Rally, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, on Saturday condemned Russia after Vladimir Putin ordered the transfer of Russian assets of Auchan and Nestle to temporary administration. Their statement followed an emergency meeting held the day before by Emmanuel Macron with leaders of France’s political forces.

#nestlé #Auchan #JordanBardella #MarineLePin #Russia #France

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Emmanuel Macron instructed the French government to prepare a plan to protect the country’s defense industry from potential cyberattacks and drone strikes. The president said that in recent weeks, the «particularly Russian hybrid threat» has intensified.

#EuropeanUnion #cyberattack #Russia #Ukraine #France #EmmanuelMacron

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EU finance ministers in Dublin discussed introducing a Europe-wide windfall tax on energy companies amid near-record fuel and gas prices. The European Commission does not currently plan such a mechanism, but is ready to discuss it, and member states may introduce their own taxes.

#Germany #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #Italy #excessprofittax #France

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French President Emmanuel Macron said he will convene a G7 meeting on energy in the coming weeks to strengthen coordination and discuss the release of strategic oil reserves. He said there is no quick solution to the problem of high energy prices, and that the rise in prices is fueled by wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine.

#G7 #ElyseePalace #Russia #Ukraine #France #EmmanuelMacron

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Emmanuel Macron instructed the French government to prepare a plan to protect critical infrastructure, including defense industry facilities, from drone attacks and cyberattacks. He said this to journalists at the Élysée Palace after meeting with leaders of political parties.

#DonaldTusk #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #France #EmmanuelMacron

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France has submitted Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film «Minotaur» for the Oscars in the category «Best International Feature Film». The 99th awards ceremony will take place on March 14, 2027, in Los Angeles.

#AndreyZvyagintsev #VladimirPutin #CannesFilmFestival #Minotaur #Oscar #France

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The survey showed that in Germany, France, and Spain, Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, is often either viewed negatively or not recognized at all. The study’s results appeared a few hours before her annual State of the Union address.

#Germany #EuropeanCommission #EU #Spain #UrsulavonderLeyen #France

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Estonia has begun talks with France about a possible participation in the initiative to strengthen nuclear deterrence. Prime Minister Kristen Michal said the decision depends on the country’s readiness, and the French ambassador to Estonia, Alexandre Escorcia, confirmed that the sides are discussing this issue and other areas of defense cooperation.

#NATO #SIPRI #Finland #France #EmmanuelMacron #Estonia

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France is seeking from European Union countries the lifting of sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov in exchange for the release of several French citizens who are imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Because of this dispute, EU ambassadors on Monday agreed only to a one-week postponement and extended sanctions against nearly 3,000 individuals and legal entities until September 22.

#Azerbaijan #AlisherUsmanov #WarinUkraine #EU #sanctions #Ukraine #France

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In France on the evening of September 11, a passenger train traveling from Rouen to Caen derailed. 44 people were injured, and one 18-year-old passenger is in critical condition.

#RFI #sabotage #trainaccident #Kan #Rouen #France

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Finland will join the French nuclear deterrence initiative and begin cooperation with France on consultations on nuclear doctrine, exercises, and the presence of French strategic aviation in the country. Finnish President Alexander Stubb said this does not mean the permanent deployment of French nuclear weapons in Finland and that there will be none there in peacetime.

#AlexanderStubb #AnttiHäkkänen #Finland #France #EmmanuelMacron #nucleardisarmament

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The Russian Interior Ministry has put satirist and video blogger Dmitry Purkin, known as «Grandpa Archimedes», on the wanted list. The wanted notice says he is being sought under a criminal article, but it does not specify which one.

#foreignagents #MinistryofInternalAffairsoftheRussianFederation #MinistryofJusticeoftheRussianFederation #Russia #France

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France supported Slovakia’s proposal to lift sanctions on Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov, unnamed European diplomats told Euronews. According to the channel, this position caused «huge disappointment» among other EU countries and may further complicate negotiations on extending the sanctions.

#AlisherUsmanov #europe #EuropeanUnion #MikhailFridman #sanctions #Slovakia #France

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French economist Gabriel Zucman has invited U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the Paris summit on tax fairness, which will take place on November 21. The event, billed as the «Summit Against International Oligarchy», will begin a few days after the release of Zucman’s new book.

#AlexandriaOcasioCortez #BernieSanders #GabrielZucman #taxjustice #Paris #France

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According to three EU diplomats, in a closed-door discussion on Tuesday France said that new EU-wide levies should bring in more than €60 billion for the next seven-year EU financial framework. Paris remains the main supporter of these measures, but most governments dispute their parameters.

#CBAM #EUbudget #EuropeanCommission #EU #NationalAssociation #France

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In the French town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, early on September 8, two unknown individuals broke into the Pierre-Auguste Renoir museum and stole four works of art. During their escape, they dropped one of the works, and city authorities preliminarily estimated the damage at €9 million.

#CagnessurMer #arttheft #RenoirMuseum #PierreAugusteRenoir #France

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Leader of France’s National Rally, Jordan Bardella, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV that unconditional support for Ukraine should be replaced with «pragmatic» and mutually beneficial relations. He linked this to France’s budget deficit and debt burden.

#WarinUkraine #europe #EuropeanUnion #JordanBardella #MarineLePin #Ukraine #France #EmmanuelMacron

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The Paris Police Prefecture has prepared a security plan for Pope Leo XIV’s visit on September 25 and 26. On Friday, the first day of the trip, 14,000 police officers, gendarmes, and Sentinelle operation troops will be deployed, and on Saturday — 12,000.

#LeoXIV #NotreDame #2024OlympicGames #Paris #PatrickFaure #France

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British right-wing populist Reform UK leader Nigel Farage plans to travel to France by the end of October and meet with Marine Le Pen, head of the French far-right National Rally (RN). The trip will be a return visit after RN leader Jordan Bardella’s visit to Birmingham, where he spoke at the Reform UK conference.

#ReformUK #Birmingham #MarineLePin #NigelFarage #NationalAssociation #France

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Summer 2026 in France became the hottest since the start of observations, which have been conducted since 1900, said Minister for Ecological Transition Monique Barbut. She said this on September 3 at the presentation of the season’s climate summary at the headquarters of the French weather service Météo-France near Paris.

#MétéoFrance #summer2026 #MoniqueBarbut #Duzhokgases #France

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