Biden calls France ‘first friend’ and enduring ally as he is honoured by Macron

President Joe Biden smiles with French President Emmanuel Macron (Michel Euler/AP)

President Joe Biden said France was America’s “first friend” at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later as he was honoured with a state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron

The event aimed at showing off their partnership on global security issues and easing past trade tensions.