It is a less-than-reassuring example of humanity’s inability to see beyond the next hill that, within hours of David Attenborough’s end-of-civilisation warning on climate change, the French government suspended eco-fuel tax plans because of three weeks of increasingly violent protests.

Millions of words have been written over the last few weeks about the loss, legacy and contemporary relevance of the First World War. Many more were written about how we should mark it and learn its great lessons. That process continued yesterday in Paris when 70 world leaders gathered.

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of a tree planted by Emmanuel Macron at the White House has been solved after authorities revealed it had been put in quarantine.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel are making back-to-back visits to the White House to persuade US President Donald Trump, not to renege on the Iran nuclear deal.

The Russian government-aligned hackers who penetrated the Democratic Party in the US have spent the past few months laying the groundwork for an espionage campaign against the Senate, a cybersecurity firm has said.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has expressed concerns about the collapse of negotiations to form a coalition government in Germany led by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insists Ireland’s tax rate for internet giants based in this country remains “a national competency” and must not be decided on an individual country-by-country basis by anyone else in the EU.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said the European Union should embrace a joint budget, shared military force and harmonised taxes to stay globally relevant.

Police have used water cannons and tear gas on several hundred hooded youths who joined a protest march in Paris against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-business labour policies.

French President Emmanuel Macron has offered his support to anti-racism protesters in what he called a collective, historic battle against intolerance.

French President Emmanuel Macron has met Bono at the Elysee Palace in Paris for talks about poverty.

The two men sat side-by-side with their wives, speaking animatedly as American and French warplanes roared above the Champs-Elysees.

Voters attracted by Emmanuel Macron say they will back his party candidates. However, despite the grandiose claims, it’s impossible to say if Macron’s staggering success is evidence of a new electoral cycle or a mere blip.

The French president has to build consensus across the spectrum to make his eurozone vision work, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

New French President Emmanuel Macron chose to ride in the all-new DS 7 Crossback, the very latest model of DS automobiles that was revealed just two months ago, for his inaugural journey to the Elysée Palace.

It is the new president's first foray outside Europe since taking power.

One of the first functions attended by France’s president-elect Emmanuel Macron was an event to mark the end of the Second World War.

"The French election is very important to the future of France and the values that we care so much about.”