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Macron unveils plan to save water amid climate change toll

French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a broad plan to ensure that France has sovereignty over its water resources

The Independent UK

Macron rolls out water-saving plan as record drought saps resources

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a water crisis plan for sharing, reusing and saving an historically abundant resource that's grown increasingly scarce as the country rushes to limit the impacts of an enduring drought.

Radio France Internationale

Europe must reassess its relations with China, says EU chief

Ursula von der Leyen calls for ‘clear-eyed picture’ of risks as she prepares for Beijing trip

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France's Macron announces water saving plan, says protests will not stop reforms

French President Emmanuel Macron sought to rally citizens around a plan to save water on Thursday and stressed that protests will not stop reforms, in a nod to both climate change and an unpopular pension bill.

Reuters

OPINION - Macron may be struggling at home, but he is still Europe’s biggest dog

Emmanuel Macron, if he had been born in another time, would have conquered half of Europe by now. He might even have installed a puppet Prince Harry as his vassal in London, having first raised an army for him in Normandy then dispatched his ageing father with the help of…

Evening Standard

Von Der Leyen To Lay Out EU’s Position on China

Ahead of her first official visit to Beijing, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses Europe’s fraught relationship with China.

The News Lens

Macron's hard line against pension protests upends France's tradition of social dialogue

In France these days, there is little common ground between the Élysée Palace and civil society. Despite President Emmanuel Macron’s occasional rhetoric to the contrary, power appears to be exercised from the top down, with violence erupting and spreading, overshadowing meaning and content.

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Macron takes to the hills for long view on better water management

French President Emmanuel Macron will be in the French Alps on Thursday to present a plan to improve water management, a resource threatened by droughts and global warming.

Radio France Internationale

Paris breathes easier as refuse workers’ strike called off and rubbish cleared

City is cleaner, though not yet entirely clean, after three-week strike ends but union threatens more action

The Guardian - UK

Le Pen’s opposition to pension reform, focus on public order ‘pays off’ in polls

Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally or RN) party hopes to use the national crisis to continue its long ascent in French politics, adopting a balancing act as its strategy. RN opposes President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms along with most of the French public, while presenting itself as…

France 24

King Charles finally begins first state visit as monarch amid Harry's return to UK

King Charles has arrived in the German capital Berlin for the first state visit of his reign alongside Queen Consort Camilla - and the pair were greeted with a warm welcome at Brandenburg Airport

Daily Mirror

King Charles visits Germany in first overseas trip as monarch

King Charles spoke on Wednesday of the "enduring value" of the relationship between the United Kingdom and Germany, saying in his first state visit abroad since ascending the throne last year that he would do all he could to strengthen connections.

Reuters

French Constitutional Council to rule on pension bill on April 14

France's Constitutional Council will issue a much-awaited verdict on April 14 on whether the government's plans to increase the retirement age are in line with constitutional rules, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters

France after Macron: can anything stop Marine Le Pen?

Major cities across France have erupted in protest and riots in recent weeks after President Emmanuel Macron pushed a highly controversial reform of the pension system through parliament, leaving many political analysts speculating that France may be about to lurch dramatically right or left come the next election.

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The Guardian - UK

Manga-nifique! How France became obsessed with Japanese anime

In the 1970s, giant robot cartoons sparked a love affair with French fans (including Emmanuel Macron) – now the country is the world’s largest manga importer, and home to a new Murakami film

Evening Standard

First portrait of King Charles released - with monarch wearing indigenous bracelet

The monarch is wearing a suit rather than ceremonial robes in the commissioned artwork

Evening Standard

King Charles vows to ‘strengthen connections’ between UK and Germany on first state visit

King Charles also criticised Russia’s ‘unprovoked aggression’ towards Ukraine in a banquet speech delivered in English and German

The Independent UK

King and Queen Consort to visit Germany after French trip cancelled

France has faced an eruption of violent demonstrations over pension reforms.

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‘Abandoned by all’: Why small-town France is up in arms over Macron’s pension reform

France’s small and mid-size towns have been at the forefront of the battle against President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious pension reform, in some places staging the biggest rallies in living memory. In the former Yellow Vest bastion of Montargis, where protesters rallied for a tenth time on Tuesday, the deeply unpopular…

Radio France Internationale

Protests continue as French government rejects talks proposal on pension reform

The French government rejected demands Tuesday for a "pause" in pension reform plans to allow for a mediation period. This as clashes with law enforcement, skirmishes, and other acts of vandalism marred demonstrations against pension reform in several cities, including Paris.

The Guardian - UK

French protesters and police clash in marches against pension changes

Police use teargas and water cannon against hooded protesters on the margins in some cities

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A new wave of pension protest breaks out in France as police brace for violence

Fears that violence could mar the demonstrations against President Macron's unpopular pension reforms has led to deployment of 13,000 officers, nearly half of them concentrated in the French capital.

Evening Standard

Paris streets ablaze as protesters across France vent fury over pensions reform

Clashes break out in the French capital and other cities as up one million people join marches across the country

The Independent UK

Watch as protesters gather in Paris on the 10th day of nationwide strikes

Watch as protesters march in Paris, France on the 10th day of nationwide strikes on Tuesday 28 March.

The Guardian - UK

Students’ role in French protests shows depth of anger towards Macron

Fury over policing tactics has changed dimension of protests against plan to raise retirement age

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