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French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to backpedal on the issue of creating an official First Lady position for his wife amid attacks from left-wing opponents and a petition against the move, officials and reports said.

The Turkish publisher Turhan Günay of Cumhuriyet Books and the Turkish publishing house Evrensel have been named co-winners of the Geneva-based International Publishers Association's (IPA) 2017 Prix Voltaire prize on Aug. 3.

The Greek ministries of Education, Research and Health and France's Institut Pasteur in Paris have signed an agreement aiming to further strengthen ties as well as scientific and technological exchanges.

France's top military chief resigned on July 19 after a war of words with Emmanuel Macron over budget cuts that tested the new president's authority.

France’s armed forces chief resigned on Wednesday in a dispute with Emmanuel Macron over defense budget cuts, an early test of the newly elected president’s mettle and the tough presidential style he is cultivating.

One of the main objectives in the meeting between the German and the French governments will be harmonization of the tax systems of both countries. Germany and France will create a 1 billion euro fund for financing digital investitions. That was reported by French president Emmanuel Macron.

Further divisions with the European Union (EU) have opened up after Poland hit out over Emmanuel Macron’s protectionist plans for the bloc.

Italian director Romeo Castellucci draws inspiration from French diplomat Alexis de Tocqueville's (1805-59) seminal treatise for his production of "Democracy in America," which takes the audience back to the New World to explore what the director calls "the decline of tragedy." The Greek Festival performance takes place at the Onassis Cultural Center, starting at 9 p.m. on both nights.

Simone Veil, a French politician and Holocaust survivor who secured the legalization of abortion in France in the 1970s, died at her home in Paris on Friday, her family said. She was 89 years old.

Hundreds of thousands of tax audits of outstanding cases will be canceled following a decision on Tuesday of the Plenary Session of the Council of State.

According to the ruling, any audits conducted that stretch back beyond a five-year limit have been deemed unconstitutional.