Fake Video Claiming ‘Coup In France’ Goes Viral
alternative_right shares a report from Euronews: France’s President Emmanuel Macron discovered news of his own supposed overthrow, after he received a message of concern, along with a link to a Facebook video. “On Sunday (14 December) one of my African counterparts got in touch, writing ‘Dear president, what’s happening to you? I’m very worried,’” Macron told readers of French local ne … ⌘ Read more

European Leaders Condemn US Visa Bans as Row Over ‘Censorship’ Escalates
European leaders including Emmanuel Macron have accused Washington of “coercion and intimidation,” after the US imposed a visa ban on five prominent European figures who have been at heart of the campaign to introduce laws regulating American tech companies. From a report: The visa bans were imposed on Tuesday on Thierry Breton, the … ⌘ Read more

Starmer to host Zelensky for Ukraine talks in London
The pair will be joined by France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz on Monday. ⌘ Read more

Zelenskyy eyes talks with Trump on ‘key issues’ as Witkoff heads to Moscow
The Ukrainian president meets French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris as he sounds out European allies on Washington’s blueprint to end Russia’s war. ⌘ Read more

France to reintroduce voluntary military service amid growing threat of war with Russia
French President Emmanuel Macron is reintroducing voluntary military service almost three decades after it was scrapped. ⌘ Read more

To finish, we have #Macron. #Sovereignty? Nah, what he wants is:

• less regulation
  
• a “smaller”, “risk-based” #GDPR
  
• postpone 1 year the #AIAct obligations for big tech
  

With a straight face, he recommends these anti-sovereingty measures as things that somehow will be good for our tech sovereignty….

At least he puts emphasis on enforcing #DMA, and make sure that hyperscalers comply with it.

He also defends EU-first public procurement, but his examples are SAP and Mistral (and their non-interoperable solutions)…

Finally, he things it is important to speed up AI adoption, going as far as saying that next year instead of a digital sovereignty summit we’ll have an AI summit…

No, not finally! To finish, he wants to “protect the children”! We all know where that one leads…

Frances Macron to visit Greenland on June 15 ⌘ Read more

Macron’s marital shove disappears from French airwaves ⌘ Read more

Macron: Trump has realised Putin has been lying to him ⌘ Read more

#Macron parle sans ironie de célébrer la résistance tout en interdisant la résistance à son gouvernement par les restrictions imposées à #Lyon et en gardant les #ChampsÉlysées vides https://lien.sus.fr/RocRh

Call reveals Russia’s Putin told Macron he ‘wanted to play ice hockey’ on eve of Ukraine invasion
The final call between the French and Russian leaders just four days before Putin ordered the attack on Ukraine is filled with tension and bizarre moments. ⌘ Read more

Macron to lose French parliament majority in blow for reform plans, projections indicate
The French president was set to lose his majority after major election gains by a newly formed left-wing alliance and the far-right. ⌘ Read more

France faces chaos without me, Macron tells voters
The French president and his proxies took on an apocalyptic tone as the country heads to the polls for the second round of a parliamentary election. ⌘ Read more

Emmanuel Macron’s awkward moment with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky becomes internet meme
‘So much love and only six howitzers?’ In a widely shared image, the French president appears to be hugging his frosty Ukrainian counterpart – who is not reciprocating ⌘ Read more

Ukraine war: German, French, Italian leaders in Kyiv to show solidarity
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi have arrived in Kyiv on their first visit since the Russian invasion. ⌘ Read more