Macron sat down with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday for talks that lasted more than five hours, after which the two leaders emphasized the need for more talks
Putin himself did not mention such concessions when he spoke to the media after his six hours of talks with Macron in the Kremlin late on Monday
Macron has made a frenetic series of phone calls with Western allies, Putin and the Ukrainian leader over the past week
Critics see the efforts as a political ploy to lure right-wing voters to President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party ahead of April's presidential election
The visit comes after the U.S. accused the Kremlin on Thursday of an elaborate plot to fabricate an attack by Ukrainian forces that Russia could use as a pretext to take military action
Putin drew Macron's attention to Kyiv "provocative statements and actions", the Kremlin said
Putin and Macron held a phone conversation to discuss the establishment of long-term and legally binding security guarantees between Russia and the West
Macron expressed his deep concern about the situation on the borders of Ukraine, and stressed the need to work collectively for a rapid de-escalation
French President Emmanuel Macron called Wednesday on the European Union to quickly draw up a new security plan containing proposals to help ease tensions with Russia
The upcoming election in taking place in an unprecedented context, marked by a splintered range of candidates, a persistent structural political crisis, and continuing uncertainty about the pandemic
President Emmanuel Macron met here on Friday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as France took over the rotating six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).
French president Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to a pair of leading European figures Friday as France formally took the reins of the 27-nation bloc for the next six months with big ambitions
Macron has provoked outcries in parliament and protests from election rivals by using a vulgarity to describe his strategy for pressuring vaccine refusers to get coronavirus jabs
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says President Emmanuel Macron's potential reelection next year is very important to further boost growth.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, where the two leaders discussed the EU-Belarus migrant crisis
Hungary assumes the current presidency of the V4 Group, which includes Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Both played down potential differences over green investment rules, EU budget
Macron plans to present the priorities for France's upcoming presidency of the European Union, a tenure that overlaps with the country's presidential election and could put Macron in a tricky position
Cases of the new variant were found in different parts of France and in the overseas territory of La Reunion, and the country is stepping up efforts to isolate them, health authorities said
UK PM Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to prevent deadly crossings of the English Channel by migrants following the Wednesday fatal shipwreck in the Strait of Dover