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During a state visit to Sweden, French President Emmnauel Macron urges Europe to take 'bold' decisions to support Ukraine, regardless of what the US decides. While the US has sent tens of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022, Republican lawmakers are growing reluctant to keep supporting Kyiv, saying it lacks a clear end game as the fighting grinds on. SOUNDBITE
At a press conference following the EU summit, French President Emmanuel Macron says he expects Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban "to behave like a European and not hold political progress hostage". Macron's comments come after Orban, Russia's biggest ally in the EU, blocked the approval of 50 billion euros of aid to Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Speaking from the EU summit in Porto, Portugal, French President Emmanuel Macron urges the United States to end its de facto ban on coronavirus vaccine exports. Macron says that stopping the export ban is "the key to producing vaccines quickly for all poor and middle-income countries". SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe is the most generous in the world with vaccine exports and criticises "Anglo-Saxons" for blocking exports as he arrives at the European Social Summit in Portugal. SOUNDBITE
A procession of demonstrators sets off from Place de la Bastille in Paris. The left has called for demonstrations across France to denounce Macron's 'coup de force' following the appointment of LR politician Michel Barnier as Prime Minister. IMAGES