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French president Emmanuel Macron welcomes Portugal's prime minister Antonio Costa to the Elysée Palace in Paris for talks. Portugal will take the presidency of the European Union from January 1. IMAGES
Rachida Dati, a Republican candidate for mayor of Paris, votes in Paris's 7th district, while respecting the health rules designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. IMAGES
Paris, Feb 14 (EFE) .- (Camera: Marta Garde) Benjamin Griveaux, the candidate with whom the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, aspired to win Paris' municipal elections, announced his withdrawal on Friday only a day after presenting his project, after an alleged sex video of his was made public. FOOTAGE OF GRIVEAUX DURING HIS PROJECT PRESENTATION.SOUNDBITES OF GRIVEAUX.Translation:1. In a city like Paris, the question is not whether the mayor is socialist or right-wing, but if he is the mayor of all Parisians. 2. In Paris, 'at the same time' has its place because there are both very rich and very poor neighbourhoods, both security and ecology problems. Security does not belong to the right-wing nor ecology to the left-wing.3. Obviously, there is symbolism, it is the capital, but I am convinced that these elections are for La République En Marche!, the chance to show that we are able to provide concrete solutions throughout France.4. We will be the candidates of the solutions, not the candidates of the parties, of ideologies, but truly the candidates of the solutions, and I believe that the French want their political leaders to provide solutions rather than ideologies.5. Macron, President of the Republic, faces things and leaves no responsibilities to future generations. I think that has been the biggest change compared to his predecessors and I am very proud.
Cédric Villani, the dissident ex-LREM candidate for mayor of Paris, posts a tweet in reaction to the announcement that Benjamin Griveaux has withdrawn his candidacy for the local elections in March 2020. Griveaux withdrew after the release of a sex video on social media. Villani offered his support, saying the "undignified attack he suffered is a grave threat to our democracy". IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron receives Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the Elysee Palace as fears have increased in recent days of a regional escalation in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Rachida Dati visit the 'Ateliers Médicis', an artistic creation centre in the Clichy-sous-Bois suburb of Paris, in the first on-site visit for the new French Minister of Culture and declared candidate for Paris mayor. IMAGES
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