Emmanuel Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, retaining key ministers amid political turmoil, with opposition angered and tensions high over France’s austerity plans.

The moment came as Macron left the UN, where he had officially announced France’s recognition of the State of Palestine. French media reported that he was stopped in a street due to the approaching presidential convoy.

Successive premiers have fallen victim to a fractured National Assembly, repeated no-confidence motions and fierce resistance to Macron’s budget-cutting and reform agenda.

Previously, Prime Minister Modi and President Macron had met on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy in June this year, where they reviewed the India–France bilateral partnership.

Last year’s snap polls, announced by Macron on the night of the European elections in June 2024, backfired spectacularly. His party lost its legislative majority, the far right surged, and France entered a period of political gridlock.

Macron's clarification came after a video appeared to show his wife Brigitte pushing his face aside during their arrival in Vietnam for a diplomatic visit.

Macron’s office initially denied the authenticity of the footage, but later described the incident as a couple’s harmless “squabble”.

This latest measure, part of a broader crackdown on what the government calls “separatist” religious ideologies, has sparked intense controversy both within France and abroad.

Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have been rushing to consolidate military support for Ukraine as U.S. President Donald Trump presses for a peace deal with Russia. Starmer hosted a virtual meeting on Saturday with Macron and other non-U.S. allies of Ukraine.

Macron and Starmer had taken the lead in Europe to convince Trump not to rush to a ceasefire and to provide security guarantees to Ukraine, presenting him with a plan to deploy peacekeepers in Ukraine during meetings in Washington this week.

NTPC is currently in talks with six-seven states for land to build nuclear power plants. The PSU will build both small and conventional reactors.

Five European diplomats said the meeting would include France, Britain, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and Denmark, which would represent Baltic and Scandinavian countries.

At the cemetery, PM Modi paid tribute to Indian soldiers who fought in World War I and World War II, many of whom are cremated there.

Earlier on Tuesday, PM Modi addressed the AI Action Summit, where India and France discussed cooperation in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.

Prime Minister Modi on Monday embarked on a two-nation tour that will first take him to France and then the US

The financing includes plans by Canadian investment firm Brookfield to invest 20 billion euros in AI projects in France

The statement came after US President Donald Trump proposed "long-term ownership" of Gaza by the United States, triggering an international uproar.

The renovation will include a new entrance near the River Seine and the creation of underground rooms, Macron said in a speech Tuesday from the Louvre room where the Mona Lisa is displayed

Addressing the French Ambassador Conference, Macron shared that France will host the AI Summit on February 11-12, with discussions involving major global players such as the United States, China, and India, alongside Gulf states.

Maud Bregeon, the spokesperson, said Macron insisted there was at the moment no “broader” political alliance than the current one between his centrist allies and conservatives from The Republicans party, which does not have a majority at parliament