French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must "wake up" and spend more on its defense as Trump returns, but how realistic is the suggestion?

FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by Etienne Philippe, former Ambassador of France to the United States during Donald Trump's first presidency. “He must be taken seriously,” the French Diplomat explains as Donald Trump has officially been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.

Indonesia and France signed an agreement on Friday on the repatriation of a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, a senior Indonesian minister said.

France's relations with US President Donald Trump are "transactional", the French government's spokesperson said Wednesday, adding that neither side wants to enter a trade war. Trump threatened a

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou warned on Monday that France and Europe as a whole would have to stand up to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his policies, or face being "crushed".

French Appeal Court prosecutors say an American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 is being extradited to the United States.

Netflix followed four teams—the United States, France, Canada and Serbia—during the men's basketball tournament and made a documentary titled Court of Gold. The documentary shows behind-the-scenes looks at the four teams during their Olympic runs, and includes interviews from players, former players, analysts and even former President Barack Obama.

Ian Cleary, an American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013, has been extradited to the United States.

French PM Bayrou Says France and Europe Must Stand up to Trump ... or face being "crushed". "The United States has decided to embark upon an extremely domineering form of politics, via the dollar ...

The announcement was made after Shivakumar met Marc Lamy, the newly appointed French Consul-General in Bengaluru.

AI, biotech and affordable clean energy will be the focus of an EU drive to make the bloc globally competitive and ensure it keeps pace with rivals the United States and China, according to a draft European Commission paper seen by Reuters.

“Champagne is a true barometer of consumer mood,” Maxime Toubart, the co-president of Comité, said in the report. “ And this is no time for celebration, with inflation, conflicts around the world, economic uncertainty and a political wait-and-see attitude in some of Champagne’s biggest markets, such as France and the United States of America.”