France accuses Britain of using post-Brexit rules to ‘take French fishing hostage’

France has accused Britain of using its post-Brexit rules to ‘take French fishing hostage’ and threatened ‘retaliatory action’ for denying licences to its fishermen. Emmanuel Macron’s hard-left maritime minister, Annick Girardin, railed against London for granting licences to just 12 of the 47 EU small vessels which applied to cast their nets in British waters.  … Read more

ROBERT COLLS: What English flag-waving tells Europeans baffled by Brexit 

There’s a beautiful moral simplicity about sporting contests. Win or lose. In or out. So how nice it is that England, which voted in 2016 to leave the European Union, has done so well in a competition that’s called Euro 2020. After the Brexit vote, the outgoing EU Council president Donald Tusk warned that this … Read more

Justin Bieber and wife Hailey meet with Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte in Paris

Justin Bieber wears SNEAKERS and a suit as he meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss ‘issues related to youth’ By George Stark For Dailymail.com Published: 21:35 BST, 21 June 2021 | Updated: 21:38 BST, 21 June 2021 Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber were both received at the Élysée Palace by French … Read more

Biden’s G7 bromances: President wraps his arm around Macron and jokes around with Trudeau

Biden’s G7 bromances: President wraps his arm around Macron and jokes around with Trudeau – after world leaders made fun of Trump and gave him a VERY frosty reception President Joe Biden’s first day at the G7 kicked off some blossoming bromance He wrapped his arm around French President Emmanuel Macron and joked around with Canadian … Read more

Boris and Macron hold emergency ‘peace talks’ to end ‘Battle of Jersey’

Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron are set to hold emergency ‘peace talks’ to end the ‘Battle of Jersey’ after French fishermen threatened to blockade Calais. The world leaders, who control Europe’s two largest armies, will try to restore their ‘brotherly’ relationship amid the post-Brexit chaos. The row over Channel fishing rights escalated last night after … Read more

Military re-enactment enthusiast shoots MUSKET into the air at Jersey blockade

A member of the Jersey Militia re-enactment group has fired a musket towards the ongoing stand-off between the Royal Navy and 100 French fishing vessels over post-Brexit fishing rules. The fishing vessels are blocking access to the port at Saint Helier, prompting Boris Johnson to deploy Navy vessels HMS Severn and HMS Tamar. The ships – which … Read more

Climate Summit: Putin looks confused and sits in silence after Macron is cut off by technical glitch

Russian President Vladimir Putin endured an awkward moment during Thursday’s climate summit after he was left sitting in confused silence following a technical glitch. Putin was left looking bewildered as he was introduced while France’s President Macron was still talking and ended up sitting silently on screen, oblivious to the fact he was on air. … Read more

Far-right politician Marine Le Pen declares she will run in the 2022 French presidential election

Far-right politician Marine Le Pen declares she will run in the 2022 French presidential election and says victory over Emmanuel Macron is ‘plausible’ President Macron’s handling of Covid-19 have dented his chances of re-election Marine Le Pen has promised an immigration referendum as her first act in office   She lost the 2017 presidential election to … Read more

Far-right politician Marine Le Pen declares she will run in the 2022 French presidential election

Far-right politician Marine Le Pen declares she will run in the 2022 French presidential election and says victory over Emmanuel Macron is ‘plausible’ President Macron’s handling of Covid-19 have dented his chances of re-election Marine Le Pen has promised an immigration referendum as her first act in office   She lost the 2017 presidential election to … Read more

Covid France: Thousands turn down AstraZeneca vaccine due to Macron’s U-turns over blood clot risk

Thousands of people are turning down AstraZeneca jabs in France due to ‘wave of panic’ created by Emmanuel Macron – with blood clot link ‘the final blow’ Medics say people are turning down the vaccine in droves after Macron’s U-turns Political opponents claim the anti-Brexiteer questioned jab to attack the UK Mayor of Calais today … Read more