Four months of civil unrest and the implementation of a hugely unpopular retirement reform have left the French President with drastically low approval ratings. Agnès Poirier reports from Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron pushes for Europe's independent stance on global issues, which China lauds. While the United States is reportedly doubtful about Beijing's friendly approach towards France.
everyone to the negotiating table, but we need to find a lasting peace, that is to say, a peace that respects internationally recognised borders, and avoids any form of escalation. recent reports from the us and nato have said china considered sending arms to russia. today, von der leyen warned beijing against any such action. we also account on china not to provide any military equipment directly or indirectly to russia, because we all know arming the aggressor would be against international law, and it would significantly harm our relationship. the china talks were met with some skepticism in ukraine. our correspondent hugo bachega has more on the resonse from kyiv. ukraine was one of the main topics on the agenda as president macron visited president macron visited president xijinping in china, and tried to convince him to
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injersalem where police clashed with palestinians inside. the holy month of ramadan overlaps with the jewish holiday of passover this week, making any incidents more sensitive. french president emmanual macron and president of the european commission urusla von der leyen met for talks in beijin with chinese president xi jinping today. the high profile meeting place amid souring relations between the eu and china in recent years. one of the sticking points china s tacit support for the war in ukraine. von der leyen said president xi expressed a willingness to speak to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. french president macron urged beijing to talk sense into russia over the war in ukriane and help negotiate for peace. translation: the russian aggression in ukraine has ended decades of peace in europe. i know i can count on you to bring russia to its senses, and