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French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen pay tribute to Jean Monnet and Simone Veil, pillars of European construction, at the Pantheon in Paris. IMAGES
Paris, Feb 20 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Christophe Petit Tesson).-Defence Ministers of Germany, France and Spain on Thursday gathered for a meeting about the development of a new fighter jet.German and French governments signed a 150 million euro deal to develop a prototype of the aircraft, which is expected to be operational from 2040. FOOTAGE OF FRENCH DEFENCE MINISTER FLORENCE PARLY, GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER ANNEGRET KRAMP-KARRENBAUER AND SPANISH JUNIOR DEFENCE MINISTER ANGEL OLIVARES RAMIREZ ON THURSDAY IN PARIS.
The coffins of French Holocaust survivor and women's rights icon Simone Veil and her husband Antoine go on display at Paris' Holocaust Memorial, two days before they are given the rare honour of a burial at the Pantheon on Sunday. IMAGES
India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday, the country's first major acquisition of combat planes in decades, as Laura Frykberg reports.
French president Emmanuel Macron along with France's leading political and artistic personalities arrive for the national tribute to Robert Badinter at the Place Vendôme in Paris, home of the Ministry of Justice, where the late former Minister of Justice led the fight to abolish the death penalty in France, in 1981. IMAGES
In Tarn-et-Garonne, angry farmers are blocking access to the Golfech nuclear power station, which supplies electricity to the Toulouse region. Around fifty tractors and several bales of straw are blocking traffic. IMAGES