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The French ambassador to Poland Frédéric Billet arrives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw after being summoned following French President Emmanuel Macron's remarks over the Polish PM. Macron called the Polish premier "a far-right anti-Semite who bans LGBT people". The accusations came after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki criticised him for his repeated talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. IMAGES
Paris (France), Sep 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Mohammed Badra) The main French unions called Thursday national protests against a "dramatic social situation" after the impact of the health crisis and denounce a policy of "dismantling public services."
France's National Assembly passes a bill designed to combat foreign interference, including a trial allowing intelligence services to use algorithmic surveillance techniques, currently reserved for counter-terrorism, for this purpose. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in French Guiana for a two-day visit to the suffering South American territory, which is pushing for increased autonomy from Paris and voted overwhelmingly for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the 2022 election. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden mixes up the current President of France Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996. Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden recalled a discussion with other heads of state at the G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, a few months after his inauguration: "I said, 'America is back'". 81 years old Biden then remembers how it elicited a reply from "Mitterrand from Germany" before correcting himself : " I mean, from France". Francois Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, serving a record two seven-years terms. SOUNDBITE
French foreign minister Stephane Sejourne lands in Tel Aviv during his Middle east tour. Before travelling to Israel Sejourne, met his counterparts in Egypt and Jordan. IMAGES