France and Ukraine pledged to reinforce the bilateral relations in various of fields, French president Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Wednesday in a joint declaration in Paris.
The European Union officials on Wednesday warned of macroeconomic imbalance in Germany and fiscal problem in France, adding that Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania, Finland, Sweden and Britain requiring monitoring and policy action to address fiscal situation.
"I'm European," French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday, seeking to play hardball to resolve crisis in Ukraine and Greece, Europe's two major headaches that risk to put the European bloc's security and financial stability on edge.
The militant group Islamic State (IS) have threatened to hit Belgium and France with a series of violent actions in a new video, local media reported on Wednesday.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group on Monday called on the Muslims to commit more attacks in Europe.
As France is still grappling with the pains that came with the horrendous attacks earlier this month, Muslims living in the country find themselves increasingly misunderstood amid an outpouring sentiment for free speech.
French are almost equally divided on whether to have limited freedom of expression after the deadly attack at the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo nearly two weeks ago.
Thousands of people flocked to the Republic Square in Paris for the second evening in memory of the 12 victims of Wednesday's shooting in Charlie Hebdo weekly.
At least 12 people were killed when two masked and armed men on Wednesday stormed into the headquarters of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, known for mocking radical Islamists, in Paris.
France's President Francois Hollande on Monday said Greek is free to exit from the single-currency bloc but the debt-ridden country has to respect its commitments.
Germany and France said on Tuesday that they welcomed the investment plan recently announced by the European Commission and would cooperate to boost investment in infrastructure, digital networks, energy efficiency, as well as to initiate single markets in several sectors.
Growth in France would rise gradually in 2015 and 2016, but it will remain too weak to digest a large slice of unemployed people among its 66 million population, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Tuesday.
Two Rafale jets, alongside coalition planes, struck on Wednesday Islamic State (IS) targets in the northern Iraq of Kirkuk, France's defense ministry said.
Russia would file a lawsuit against France if the latter cancels a contract on building Mistral-class helicopter carriers for Moscow, Chief of Kremlin administration Sergei Ivanov said Thursday.
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and French President Francois Hollande met here Thursday and pledged to further deepen bilateral ties and expand cooperation.
France is able to treat any eventual cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its territory, French President Francois Hollande said Monday, urging more efforts to seek for an efficient vaccine.
France would continue air strikes targeting Islamic State (IS) in Iraq despite the cell's terror threats and the kidnapping of a French national in eastern Algeria, Defense Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said Tuesday.
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