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French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin is welcomed by UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman for a meeting at Britain's National Crime Agency in London about the issue of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats from France to England. This has proved a major bone of contention in post-Brexit relations between Paris and London, though in comments at the start of the meeting the Home Secretary praises recent cooperation. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sign a "treaty of friendship and cooperation" in Barcelona, as Paris seeks Madrid's support for its uncompromising stance in a brewing trade dispute with Washington. IMAGES
France and Italy sign a bilateral treaty in Rome intended to reinforce cooperation and strengthen ties between the two countries. The treaty was signed at the Quirinale Presidential Palace by French president Emmanuel Macron and Italian prime minister Mario Draghi, in the presence of Italian president Sergio Mattarella. IMAGES
Greece and France sign a 2.5-billion-euro ($3 billion) warplane deal as part of a burgeoning arms programme to counter Turkish challenges in the eastern Mediterranean. France has strongly backed Greece in a standoff with Turkey over natural gas resources and naval influence in the waters off their respective coasts. The deal will see Greece buying 18 Rafale jets, 12 of them used, made by French firm Dassault to bolster its forces during their regular mid-air skirmishes with Turkish pilots over disputed Aegean airspace. IMAGES
EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel sign the post-Brexit trade deal agreed with Britain, in a brief ceremony. IMAGES