This has become so widespread in the United States that we had to react,’ the French president says in his first public remarks about the case

The dispute hit crisis level after Benjamin Netanyahu accused the French president of stirring antisemitism, prompting sharp rebuttals.

(Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron, at peace talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other EU leaders on Monday, proposed a future four-way meeting about Ukraine that would include Europe.

"It rewards Hamas terror, hardens Hamas’s refusal to free the hostages, emboldens those who menace French Jews, and encourages the Jew-hatred now stalking your streets. " Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned French President Emmanuel Macron that his recent statements about recognizing a Palestinian state have fueled antisemitism in France and emboldened Hamas in a strongly worded letter.

This is a matter that should not be instrumentalized,' France's European affairs minister says - Anadolu Ajansı

Before a roundtable of European leaders in Washington, President Trump was overheard on an open microphone talking to President Emmanuel Macron of France about discussions with the Russian president on the war in Ukraine.

France is set to formally recognise a Palestinian state in September at the UN. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged that France waged a war marked by "repressive violence" in Cameroon before and after its independence in 1960.

Emmanuel Macron has been pictured making a splash during his surfing holiday in the south of France. The images, which have been shared widely by the media in France, mark a stark departure from the sobriety of the French president’s usual crisp attire and serious demeanour.