French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris no longer insists on the removal of Syrian President Bashar Assad from power. In a press conference with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, the French leader added that “the departure of Assad is no longer a necessary condition for France.” “We have one main ...
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government sailed through a vote of confidence on Tuesday, with 370 MPs in the 577-seat National Assembly voting in favor, to 67 against and 129 abstaining. The vote was held after Prime Minister Edouard Philippe unveiled the government’s cost-cutting, pro-business agenda to the assembly, where Macron’s ...
