Sentences with phrase «french president»

Mr Cameron issued a sly dig back at the French president, who earlier this week called him an «obstinate kid», in a question and answer session following a speech.

French President Francois Hollande, asked about the events in Brussels during a European Union news conference, said, «It is true that there is a link with the terror attacks in Paris.»

Differences have emerged between David Cameron and the French President, Francois Hollande, about the future of the European Union.

«We deem the momentum generated in Paris in December 2015 irreversible, and we firmly believe that the Paris Agreement can not be renegotiated, since it is a vital instrument for our planet, societies and economies,» wrote French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the United States.

He mentions a meeting with French president Nicolas Sarkozy tonight, and one with German chancellor Angela Merkel tomorrow on coordinating responses to the economic crisis.

The facility signing held on the occasion of the visit to Nigeria of the French President, on Saturday, May 14, 2016, it was witnessed by Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Francois Hollande at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, during a bilateral session.

Mr Straw also spoke in detail about the UN vote on Iraq, which was derailed when French president Jacques Chirac announced he would not back the conflict in any circumstances - an intervention which evidently irritated Mr Straw.

The Dutch and the Germans both say it's a bad idea, as does the French president, who said the PM is «ruining the British economy».

Trump recently had a difficult phone call with French President Francois Hollande — the latest in a series of leaked accounts of his calls with foreign leaders that are generating increasing doubts about the new president's style of diplomacy at a time of global uncertainty.

But speaking in Delhi, the foreign secretary returned to the theme once again when he appeared to implicitly compare the French president to a Nazi.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a number of measures - including action to be taken against the executives of failed banks - following a meeting of the leaders of Britain, Germany and Italy in Paris this afternoon.

Boris Johnson has come out fighting for the best possible Brexit deal — by warning French president...

After months of snubs and thinly - concealed barbs, David Cameron and the new French president will finally meet in the neutral territory of Washington DC today.

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, said during his new year press conference he would soon propose laws preventing false information from spreading on the web («fausses nouvelles», more or less equivalent to «fake news»).

By the end of the meeting the French president said: «Each government will operate with its own methods and means, but in a co-ordinated manner.»

And then there's former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been accused of false piety for asserting religion's primacy (especially controversial was his suggestion that «the schoolteacher will never be able to replace the priest or the pastor»).

Rumours circulating the Prime Minister was only granted a token five - minute segment in which to begin the discussions, with an absent French President who was allegedly on the throne, led some to believe his first concerted efforts at negotiations was something of a flop.

German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Francois Hollande are due to meet in Paris this evening.

Here is a call for action by Gabonese activists to the French president.

The French president is also unlikely to be cooperative given the tit - for - tat criticisms of economic policy he and Cameron have engaged in since he came to office.

A year later, the president offered another blow against Brits in a press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy when he said: «We don't have a stronger friend and stronger ally than Nicolas Sarkozy, and the French people.»

The French president then joined Prince Charles to law a wreath at the statue of George VI on the Mall and another at the statue of General de Gaulle in Carlton Gardens.

The French president arrived in London earlier with his Italian supermodel / pop star wife Carla Bruni.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has defended himself against allegations of corruption by bringing up the Westminster expenses scandal.

Foreign leaders have made no secret of their disdain for Donald Trump — and now French President Francois Hollande has made it explicit, endorsing Hillary Clinton for the White House.

The French president said: «Today it is our responsibility in Europe to make our history, our power, a common instrument to protect democracy everywhere in the world, as we always did, and we are still doing.

It was not the first time a French president has promised to break with past French politics on the continent.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was hit with charges on Tuesday in connection with the allegations that he illegally funded his 2007 presidential campaign with money from deceased Libyan dictator...

Cable even managed to reject calls to increase the top rate of tax «Hollande - style» while still sounding radical, saying he'd recommend instead «a chateau tax» to the socialist French president.

French President Emmanuel Macron won a fair share of praise but also a dose of criticism during his much - awaited «Future of Europe» speech at Strasbourg's plenary last week.

PARIS — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held in custody on Tuesday and questioned by magistrates investigating whether late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi helped finance his 2007 election campaign,...

Following today's meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Tory MPs have been giving their reaction:

While in Paris, President Mahama will hold bilateral talks with French President Francois Hollande, launch at the UNESCO, an exhibition on Nature Conservation in Ghana, with a focus on the Mole National Park and meet with French Investors.

Speaking in front of the Tricolore and the twelve golden stars of Europe the new French president said that Britain had to accept Europe as it was or leave.

I'm told that there was «much ribbing» of the French President about his very public relationship with the singer and model Carla Bruni.

President Buhari and the French President who is scheduled to arrive Abujaon Friday on an official visit to Nigeria will be joined at the summit by the Presidents of Cameroon, Niger Republic, Chad and Benin Republic, a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the president, Femi Adeshina disclosed.

Enhanced UK - French military cooperation is expected to be agreed by David Cameron and French president Nicolas Sarkozy tomorrow.

Asked about Cameron's warm words towards his opponents during the elections, the French president said: «In electoral campaigns there are tricky political situations.

Bienvenue à la France During a visit to La Pointe de Dinan, France's surf capital on its north - west coastline, French president Nicholas Sarkozy was caught in awkward pose at an impromptu photo call.

The British government's focus on consolidating the public finances and push through supply - side reforms is at odds with the new French president's instincts, according to Philip Whyte, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform think - tank.

David Cameron and Francois Hollande did their best to put on a brave face after past difficulties today, when the French president made his first trip to Downing Street.

David Cameron and Francois Hollande press ahead with plans to build their own predator drones, as they conduct their first bilateral talks since the French president took power in 2012

After joining French President Francois Hollande and more than one million people for a unity rally in Paris on Sunday, Mr Cameron said the UK was facing the same threat from the «fanatical death cult of Islamist extremist violence».

The French president, François Hollande, has warned that Europe risks «regression and paralysis» if Eurosceptics and nationalists gain the upper hand in next year's European parliament elections, as an opinion poll for the first time put the anti-immigrant National Front (NF) well ahead of his country's mainstream parties.

The President's other engagements in Paris include bilateral talks with French President Francois Hollande, and the launch at the UNESCO of an exhibition on Nature Conservation in Ghana, with a focus on the Mole National Park.

14:34 - At the same time David Cameron is giving a joint press conference in No 10 with the French president Francois Hollande.

Following a meeting with Tony Blair in Paris last week, French president Jacques Chirac said the two men had agreed «we should extend the period of time we have allowed ourselves to think about how to go forward».

French President Emmanuel Macron says his glamorous Paris charm offensive on Donald Trump was carefully calculated — and may have changed the U.S. president's mind about climate change.

Nicolas Sarkozy's ejection as French president merely marked the latest political backlash against European politicians who get entangled in the economic crisis.