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France's parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that will lift pensions and allow companies to make higher tax-free bonus payments to employees after President Emmanuel Macron promised to boost household purchasing power amid soaring inflation.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ), told him two top Opec oil producers, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, can barely increase oil production.

Supporters of France's left-wing Nupes bloc celebrated on Sunday as initial projections showed President Emmanuel Macron on course to lose his absolute majority in the National Assembly.

France's hard-left veteran Jean-Luc Melenchon said that president Emmanuel Macron's party was "beaten and defeated" on Sunday after his new left-wing alliance made a strong showing in the first round of parliamentary elections.

Emmanuel Macron’s victory can guarantee that France and the European Union will retain close ties with Thailand and Asean, some political observers believe.

French President Emmanuel Macron has seen off his far-right rival Marine Le Pen to secure five years more years at the helm of Europe’s second economy. But the narrowing margin of victory and an increasingly polarised nation herald another rocky term for the incumbent.

France's centrist leader Emmanuel Macron will take his hunt for extra votes on Monday to the industrial heartlands of northern France, a blue-collar stronghold of his far-right rival Marine Le Pen who he will face in an April 24 presidential runoff vote.

Voting started in France on Sunday (April 10) in the first round of a presidential election, with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen posing an unexpected threat to President Emmanuel Macron's re-election hopes.

PARIS - If European citizens were asked which country currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, chances are that many wouldnt be able to name the correct member state. (The answer is Slovenia.)

ROME - President Joe Biden sought to smooth over relations with Americas oldest ally on Friday, acknowledging that the U.S. had been "clumsy" in its handling of a weapons agreement that led France to lose a multibillion-dollar contract and has fueled French anger for weeks.

France was infuriated when Australia, the U.S. and Britain announced a security partnership known as AUKUS on Sept. 15, whose first initiative is the delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine fleet to Australia by the latter two countries despite the Australian governments multibillion-dollar 2016 contract to buy diesel-electric submarines from France.

French President Emmanuel Macron must soon make the biggest decision for years to come on the makeup of the European Central Banks policymakers: whether to reappoint the Bank of France governor.