Emmanuel Macron

About 160,000 passengers were impacted after Ryanair cancelled more than 900 flights last month amid disruption from air traffic control strikes across France, the low cost carrier has said.

More than 900 Ryanair flights cancelled in June amid French strike action

King Charles III and Queen Consort’s state trip to France cancelled

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint news conference as part of the Franco-British Summit held at Elysee Palace in Paris, on March 10, 2023. (Photo by GONZALO FUENTES / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GONZALO FUENTES/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak faces test of economic credibility on growth in next week's budget

The Prime Minister is set to meet his French counterpart in Paris today as part of the first UK-France summit in five years.

Sunak to meet with Macron to discuss channel migrants

Rishi Sunak pictured delivering a speech at the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow last year. PIC: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

No worse advertisement for environmentalism than COP27 - Bernard Ingham

'Suella Braverman is looking as clueless as her predecessor, Priti Patel, in doing anything about it.' PIC: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Why our immigration policy is a mess - Andrew Vine

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is seen running off the stage at an event at COP27 in Egypt.

Rishi Sunak is rushed out of room by aides at COP 27

Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks to journalists at the Empire State Building in New York during her visit to the US to attend the 77th UN General Assembly. Picture date: Tuesday September 20, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Unga. Photo credit should read: Toby Melville/PA Wire

Downing Street dismisses Joe Biden's criticism of Liz Truss’ policies

King Charles III walks behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II. Photo: Getty

How to watch Her Majesty’s state funeral on BBC, Sky and ITV

Queen Elizabeth II died this week. Picture: Fiona Hanson/PA Wire

The Queen's death means the fabric of life changes forever - The YP says

Prime Minister Boris Johnson with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walking through the grounds during the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau, in the Bavarian Alps, Germany.

Price of 'backing down' in Ukraine war far higher than alternative Johnson says

Neil Coales is building a pan-European business which has supported a humanitarian project backed by France’s first lady,

How Neil Coales completed a project for French first lady, Brigitte Macron

Firefighters extinguish an apartment house after a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy)

Putin’s war in Ukraine is a defining struggle for freedom – Bernard Ingham

Ikea in the UK

Ikea cuts sick pay for unvaccinated staff forced to self-isolate

A view of boats used by people thought to be migrants are stored at a storage facility near Dover in Kent, after 27 people died on Wednesday in the worst-recorded migrant tragedy in the Channel.

Channel migrants crisis needs pan-European response – Andrew Vine

Life jackets, sleeping bags and damaged inflatable small boat are pictured on the shore in Wimereux, northern France, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021 in Calais, northern France. Children and pregnant women were among at least 27 migrants who died when their small boat sank in an attempted crossing of the English Channel, a French government official said Thursday. (

Gesture politics won’t solve Channel migrants crisis – The Yorkshire Post says

The Yorkshire Post cartoon

PM and Macron soap opera continues: The Yorkshire Post cartoon

A group of people waiting at Dover marina in Kent in September 22, 2020. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire.

Politics aside, deadly Channel crossings are a tragedy - The Yorkshire Post says

27 people die after boat sinks in Channel - with five women and a girl among vic...

The Yorkshire Post cartoon

Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson in fish row: The Yorkshire Post cartoon

The Scottish Event Campus, in Glasgow, is hosting the UN climate conference. (Picture: PA).

In the news this week: COP26, a space anniversary and the Booker Prize winner an...
Climate Crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed misgivings about the AUKUS nuclear deal.

Emmanuel Macron gets Brexit comeuppance over nuclear deal – Yorkshire Post Lette...

Customers who refuse to show the ‘health pass’ face being fined (Photo: Getty Images)

Tourists face ban from bars and attractions as France introduces new Covid passp...

The Queen meeting G7 leaders in Cornwall last week.

Queen’s leadership contrasts with Brexit and G7 – Yorkshire Post Letters

US President Joe Biden (right) talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a meeting at the G7 summit in Cornwall.

How EU is exposing West’s weakness after G7 as Biden meets Putin – Bernard Ingha...

The summit has seen leaders including Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron descend on Cornwall’s Carbis Bay to discuss how to share vaccine supply fairly across developing countries in the first meeting of the G7 since 2019.

Boris Johnson promises £100m of vaccines for poorer countries as G7 summit ends

What can be done to tackle plastic pollution on World Oceans Day?

Litter shame on World Oceans Day – The Yorkshire Post says

Handout photo issued by of Josh Dearing of French fishing vessels staging a protest outside the harbour at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, in a row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

Brexit fishing wars fuelled by Emmanuel Macron’s posturing – Bill Carmichael

Screengrab from video courtesy of Alex Ferguson showing French fishing vessels staging a protest outside the harbour at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, in a row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

Brexit fishing wars and Jersey blockade; time for quiet diplomacy – The Yorkshir...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to BAE Systems at Warton Aerodrome in Lancashire. Photo: PA

PM looks back on 'huge toll' of coronavirus one year after first lockdown

Paris begins month-long lockdown as France faces a third wave of Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Paris begins month-long lockdown as France faces a third wave of Covid-19

The Queen's leadership has been praised.

Queen puts Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron to shame over virus – Yorkshire Pos...
From: Peter Hyde, Driffield.

Boris Johnson downplayed the number of lorry drivers stranded in Dover - accordi...

Government's Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Patrick Vallance. Photo: PA

'Likely' that Tier 4 measures will be needed in areas across the country

Boris Johnson is preparing to travel to Brussels for Brexit talks.

Boris Johnson’s future more assured than European Union – Bernard Ingham

Boris Johnson as Brexit talks go down to the wire.

Boris Johnson must stand firm over Brexit and fishing – Andrew Vine

French president Emmanuel Macron confirmed the country's move into a second lockdown on Thursday night (Getty Images)

Could the UK get a second national lockdown?

Some European countries are reinstating a national lockdown - could the UK follo...

France’s curfew and state of emergency explained - and if similar rules could be...

James Rowbury

Hopes for a vaccine rise as EU tensions simmer - James Rowbury

Not this time: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates with fans after winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Picture: David Davies/PA

Why Lewis Hamilton will not have support of the F1 fans at Silverstone this time

Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins of Sky Pro Racing (yellow jersey), follows team mate, Chris Froome (left), in the Tour de France.

New Tour de France dates are ‘light at the end of the tunnel’

2018 winner: Team Sky's Geraint Thomas celebrates winning the Tour de France.

Tour de France spoked by coronavirus

Euopean Council president Donald Tusk (left) and Boris Johnson (right) earlier this year.

Brexit should ideally take precedence over December election – The Yorkshire Pos...

Yorkshire contestant will be hoping to come out on top in this year's The Great British Bake Off. Photo: C4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon/PA Wire

Week Ahead: The Great British Bake Off returns, the most popular baby names are ...

French President Emmanuel Macron, centre, speaks with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, right, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels in November 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Undemocratic EU blind to its own failings as Brexit blame game continues: Bernar...

Chancellor Philip Hammond is once again cautioning against a no-deal Brexit.

No easy solutions as Tory divisions over no-deal Brexit deepen – The Yorkshire P...

Passengers of Ryanair, Easyjet and BA are likely to be affected if their flight is due to go through French airspace

France air traffic control strike: Ryanair, Easyjet and BA passengers face fligh...

Theresa May finds herself presiding over a threadbare legislative agenda.

Alarm call for MPs ignoring the tick of the Brexit clock – Tom Richmond

The Notre-Dame cathedral is reflected in the sunglasses of a tourist after last week's devastating fire.

Matthew Flinders: Notre Dame fire turns up the heat for renewal of crumbling Wes...

Smoke billows from the Notre Dame as Parisian firefighters rush to the scene.

David Behrens: Tragedy at Notre-Dame is a reminder of our shared history

Theresa May arrives at the European Council in Brussels. Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Brexit: What on earth is going on?

Can Theresa May maintain Britain's military standing in the world?

Samuel Ribansky: Trump and Brexit leave UK isolated as a military force in time ...

Theresa May PIC: PA

Theresa May heads to France for Brexit talks after cutting holiday short

Theresa May should take some Wensleydale cheese to France for her Brexit talks with French president Emmanuel Macron later today.

Bill Carmichael: Hard cheese. Sandwich scare is another slice of Project Fear hy...

Donald Trump and Theresa May will meet again in the UK this week.

Bernard Ingham: Trump arrives to chaos but relationship must survive

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron walk to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Bill Carmichael: Britain could learn from the bromance between Trump and Macron

What can society do in a hope-filled New Year to help people dependent on food banks? Mark Russell poses the question.

Mark Russell: Believe in hope and help make a better world

BIll Carmichael: 'EU is in no position to dictate over Brexit'

Prime Minister Theresa May greets President of the European Council Donald Tusk at 10 Downing Street.

Blow for May after'¨EU rebuffs call for start of trade talks