Emmanuel Macron

Giselle Pelicot has emerged as the most influential personality for 2024, according to a poll by Odoxa for the French media.

In the poll, Peliko is ahead of US President Donald Trump, who ranks second on the list, and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, who ranks third.

Russia is against the deployment of Western peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as part of any settlement to end the nearly three-year conflict, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

President Emmanuel Macron and new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou kept the country waiting Sunday over the composition of the fourth government in a year that must drag France out of political crisis.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to visit Magdeburg following a tragic incident at the city's Christmas market, where a car plowed into visitors, leaving two people dead and over 50 injured. The attack, which occurred last night, has shocked the nation as authorities work to determine the motives behind it.

French President Emmanuel Macron was caught in a heated exchange with residents of Mayotte, a French territory devastated by Cyclone Chido last week. On Thursday, Macron faced a crowd of angry locals in the island's largest slum, where many were still struggling with water shortages nearly a week after the storm.

Donald Trump loomed large over EU leaders Thursday at their last summit before he reclaims power in the United States, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying only transatlantic unity can "save" Ukraine.

The upheaval in Syria after the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, and how to deal with the new leadership, was also high-up on the agenda of the gathering.

France's parliament adopted a "special budget law" to maintain key government functions until a new budget for the next year is passed, according to local media reports.

After lawmakers at the National Assembly — the lower chamber of the French parliament — voted in favor of the temporary law on Monday, senators unanimously approved it on Wednesday, broadcaster BFMTV said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a telephone conversation with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has emphasized the need for international cooperation in rebuilding Syria and ensuring stability during a phone call with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's Prime Minister in Lviv, on Dec. 17, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.