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Populist French MP Marine Le Pen has called for President Emmanuel Macron to resign from his post if he is not able to secure a victory for his La Republique En Marche (LREM) movement in this month’s European Parliament elections.

EU President Jean-Claude Juncker was handed the European leader of the year prize at the European Leadership Awards gala ceremony on Monday.

Over 300 media organisations, journalists, photographers, and others have signed a letter denouncing the sometimes brutal violence used against members of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement and members of the press themselves in France.

PARIS (AP) — Yellow vest protests are taking place in France’s main cities for the 24th consecutive week to challenge economic policies that President Emmanuel Macron stood by while unveiling measures intended to quell the anti-government movement.

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party is polling in first place, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s party, less than a month away from European Parliament elections.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will travel to the United Kingdom and France in June, according to the White House.

French yellow vest protesters set small fires as they marched through Paris on Saturday to drive home their latest message to the government: that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn’t the only problem the nation needs to solve.

Donations from the wealthy and the faithful are set to surpass €1 billion on Wednesday, as French authorities revealed that firefighters were just 15 to 30 minutes away from losing the battle to save Notre-Dame de Paris.

Satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo is set to stir controversy once more after depicting French President Emmanuel Macron mixed with Notre Dame cathedral on fire on its latest cover.

Members of the far-left extremist Antifa black bloc have called on Yellow Vests to join them on May 1st in an attempt to overthrow the Macron government.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin sent their condolences to Paris on Monday night after a fire engulfed the Notre Dame Cathedral.

The morning after a fire ravaged Notre Dame cathedral at the beginning of Holy Week, Parisians have embraced the period of faith and resurrection and vow to rebuild.

A Notre Dame Cathedral spokesperson said Monday that the building’s entire wooden interior has caught fire and is expected to completely destroyed.

And if Politico is willing to lie about the small stuff, like a year-old Mount Vernon visit, imagine the lies Politico is willing to tell about things that actually matter.

The government of France said Friday that it may be open to granting political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested at Ecuador’s embassy in London on U.S. hacking charges Thursday.

The French decision to mark April 24 as a day of commemoration for the Armenian genocide has been attacked in Turkey, with the government saying France should “look at its own dark history” before remembering the slaughter of Armenians.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s request to delay the official Brexit date for a second time — already set years after the Brexit referendum — has been granted by the European Union, pushing the British departure from the bloc back to October 31st.

European Union leaders are gathering for a special European Council meeting in Brussels to discuss whether to allow the United Kingdom to have a second delay to the official Brexit date. 

The President of the European Council has published an open letter to European leaders explaining why the European Union should ignore British Prime Minister Theresa May’s request for a Brexit extension to June, and give a full year instead.

The French Government considering bold tax cuts as a means to address the concerns driving the Yellow Vest protest movement, which is now in its 21st week.

BERLIN (AP) — German and French officials insisted on Tuesday that any further delay to Britain’s withdrawal must come with strings attached and assurances from Britain, as Prime Minister Theresa May prepared to plead in Berlin and Paris for more time.

Theresa May is due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday in a bid to delay Brexit.

PARIS (AP) – Protesters from the yellow vest movement are taking to the streets of France for a 21st straight weekend, with hundreds gathered for a march across Paris, one of numerous protests around the country.

A recently-passed law in France — ostensibly to combat propaganda and misinformation — was used by Twitter against the French government’s political campaign to increase voter registration ahead of upcoming European Parliament elections scheduled for May 26.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned that the current fight between President Emmanuel Macron and the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement will “end badly.”

PARIS (AP) – French yellow vest protesters are rallying to support an activist injured in a confrontation with police.

European Parliament’s Liberals have promised to tear down walls, in an EU election campaign video depicting the group’s leader smashing through a border fence with his head.

French President Emmanuel Macron says three Cabinet ministers have resigned, including the European Affairs minister who plans to lead the campaign by Macron’s party for European Parliament seats.

Police in Paris fined a French couple on Saturday for wearing clothing supporting the Citizen Initiated Referendum (RIC) policy advocated by the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement.

PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron has told a newspaper he hopes a 73-year old yellow vest protester who suffered serious head injuries after being charged by police in Nice, gains “wisdom” over the incident.

NICE, France (AP) – French authorities are investigating the case of an older female protester who suffered head injuries when police charged people defying a ban on yellow vest protests in Nice.

European leaders meeting late into the evening Thursday rejected the British Prime Minister’s request for a three month Brexit delay, agreeing to give her three weeks instead.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has said if parliamentarians reject May’s deal again, it will guide everybody to a no-deal, for sure.”

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May has revealed her new promised date for Brexit, asking the European Union, Parliament, and the British people to trust her to deliver by the new June 30th deadline despite her having previously promised a departure in March over 100 times.

French president Emmanuel Macron has declared that Yellow Vest protests against his globalist regime are “over”, as he vowed a serious crackdown on future demonstrations.

President Donald Trump told Breitbart News last week in an exclusive interview in the Oval Office at the White House that his biggest accomplishment as president so far is a rejuvenated economy.