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What diplomatic battles will he pick in 2018? In his New Year's address to the diplomatic corps, France's President positioning himself once again as the anti-Trump by suggesting that dialogue is the way forward in Syria and Iran. As head of a Nato member with a permanent seat at the UN security council Emmanuel Macron also touting his April summit on terrorism financing and the one he'll attend next month in Senegal on financing education in the developing world.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that the stability of Europe required a dialogue with Russia, as he attempted to persuade his reluctant EU counterparts to consider talks with Moscow.
France now has its pro-reform president... Germany's now got its grand coalition. With Brexit ahead and populists on the rise, welcome to what some see as a "now or never" week for Europe.Emmanuel Macron spelling out his vision of a tighter-knit EU in a speech before the European parliament. Macron is hoping to convince the Merkel's CDU to get onboard a common EU budget, but the Bundestag does not seem friendly to this idea. We ask our panel, is it already too late for more European integration?
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the European Parliament on Tuesday in a bid to shore up support for his ambitious plans for post-Brexit reforms of the EU. Watch his speech on FRANCE24.
REPLAY - Watch French president Emmanuel Macron''s speech at Davos 2018