Valerie Leroux

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  • US President-elect Donald Trump (L) looks towards French President Emmanuel Macron (R) during a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on December 7, 2024. Around 50 heads of state and government are expected in the French capital to attend the ceremony marking the rebuilding of the Gothic masterpiece five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were part of the five-year restoration project at a cost of hundreds of millions of euros. (Photo by Thibault Camus / POOL / AFP) (Photo by THIBAULT CAMUS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    European leaders push for unity amid fears Trump could sideline them in Moscow negotiations

    By Valerie Leroux, Francesco Fontemaggi, and others
  • Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, waits to greet Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, is touring European capitals, including Berlin, Paris, and Brussels, to discuss the issue and boost defense spending on the Arctic island. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    European leaders meet in response to Trump’s negotiation with Russia, as U.K. raises possibility of ‘troops on the ground’

    By Valerie Leroux and AFP
  • PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Entertainer Jimmy Fallon and French President Emmanuel Macron attend the Men's Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)Politics

    Paris Olympic dream struck a chord across France. Now Macron faces a fraught return to reality

    By Fabrice Randoux, Valerie Leroux, and others