Place: Elysee presidential palace

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Almost half of the population of Spain, including residents in the biggest cities of Madrid and Barcelona, are entering phase 1 of Spain's Covid-19 lockdown exit which allows social gatherings in limited numbers, restaurant and bar service with outdoor sitting and some cultural and sports activities. Picture: AP/Emilio Morenatti

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Covid-19 updates from around the world as Ireland sees no virus deaths for first time in 65 days

The coronavirus has infected almost 5.5m people across the world and killed more than 346,000, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

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Emmanuel Macron pledges to fight terror as he is sworn in as France's new president

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François Hollande’s hairdresser paid almost €10k per month

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Scorned former first lady in kiss-and-tell on Hollande

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Sarkozy holds economic crisis talks

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Sarkozy’s father confirms Carla Bruni’s pregnancy

Family member confirms Bruni-Sarkozy pregnancy

French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is pregnant, her father-in-law revealed today.

Tue, 17 May, 2011

Sarkozy to reshuffle cabinet after poll defeat

FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy prepared yesterday to shake up his government after a humiliating defeat by the left in regional elections pressured him to recast his reform programme.

Tue, 23 Mar, 2010

Sarkozy and UMP party fight for lives

PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy’s party yesterday fought to recover from a first-round beating in French regional elections that also saw the far-right National Front surge back.

Tue, 16 Mar, 2010

Back-at-work Sarkozy insists he's fine

French president Nicolas Sarkozy tried to dispel worries about his health today in his first official appearance since being taken to hospital after collapsing while jogging.

Wed, 29 Jul, 2009

Defy captors, French business chiefs urged

Business managers who are taken hostage at their companies by disgruntled workers must defy them and refuse to “start negotiations with a gun at the head”, the leader of a French business federation said today.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2009

French president honours JK Rowling

France paid homage to fiction’s most famous boy magician by inducting Harry Potter author JK Rowling into the country’s prestigious Legion of Honour today.

Tue, 03 Feb, 2009

Sarkozy flies out to help detained Europeans

French President Nicolas Sarkozy departed early today for Chad to discuss the detention of 17 Europeans held in connection with an alleged attempt to kidnap 103 African children, the Elysee presidential palace said.

Sun, 04 Nov, 2007

Chirac and Zapatero to discuss immigration at Paris summit

French President Jacques Chirac and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero were due to discuss immigration and the European Union budget in Paris today, but the riots that have rocked France for two weeks were not on the official agenda.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2005

France to push for summit on Iraq

President Jacques Chirac is lobbying other heads of state to convene an emergency summit of UN Security Council members in search of a compromise on Iraq, his office said today.

Sat, 08 Mar, 2003