"CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor will interview French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, Dec. 11. The interview will be broadcast Monday night on the show, which airs from 6:30-7 p.m. ET on the CBS Television Network. The "CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor" will also originate from Paris on Monday, with Glor anchoring from Élysée Palace. Glor will sit down with Macron for his only American network television interview ahead of the One Planet Summit. The interview will also be featured Monday across CBSN, CBS News' 24/7 streaming news service, and on CBSNews.com. More of the interview will be broadcast Tuesday on "CBS This Morning" (7-9 a.m. ET). … [Read more...] about “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor to interview French President Emmanuel Macron
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French President Emmanuel Macron: Our Response to Anti-Semitism ‘Must Be Unforgiving’
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron pledged Wednesday to fight firmly against anti-Semitism wherever it surfaces, whether in the street or online, and to protect the nation’s Jews amid growing concerns about intolerance. In a speech to France’s leading Jewish group, he insisted there is no reason for Jews to flee the country, which is home to the world’s largest Jewish population outside Israel and the United States.“There are hatreds that are rising again, there are the worse kinds of crimes,” Macron said at the annual dinner of the CRIF umbrella organization. “We have understood, with horror, that anti-Semitism is still alive. And on this issue our response must be unforgiving. France would not be itself if Jewish citizens had to leave because they were afraid,” he said. He pledged continued protection for Jewish schools and synagogues and other sites as well as a new government plan to fight racism and anti-Semitism online, … [Read more...] about French President Emmanuel Macron: Our Response to Anti-Semitism ‘Must Be Unforgiving’
Storm in a wine glass as French doctors criticise Emmanuel Macron’s twice-a-day drinking habit
President Emmanuel Macron’s staunch defence of drinking wine twice a day has come under fire from a group of French doctors, who warned on Monday that “seen from the liver” it was as bad for one’s health as any other alcoholic beverage. Mr Macron offered his outspoken support for the famously French tipple at last month’s annual agricultural fair, confessing to drinking glasses at lunch and dinner. He also promised not to tighten the so-called Evin law, which restricts advertising on alcoholic beverages. "It is a blight on public health when young people get drunk at an accelerated speed with alcohol or beer, but this is not the case with wine," said Mr Macron, adding that critics shouldn’t "bug the French" over an age-old pleasure. His ode to wine was designed to quell fury among French producers over recent comments from his health minister Agnès Buzyn, who warned that the drink was bad for people’s health. … [Read more...] about Storm in a wine glass as French doctors criticise Emmanuel Macron’s twice-a-day drinking habit
Emmanuel Macron’s popularity sinks ahead of crunch battle with rail unions
Ten months after he stormed from nowhere to seize the French presidency, Emmanuel Macron faces his sternest test yet as he seeks to cut the once hallowed privileges of rail workers and other public sector employees. Undeterred by an 11 per cent slide in his approval ratings, Mr Macron is braving the fury of militant unions that have forced previous presidents into humiliating U-turns. Emboldened by his successful labour reforms last year, Mr Macron is calculating that public opinion will shift in his favour. Polls show that 70 per cent of the public already back his rail reforms amid widespread dissatisfaction with train services. Many French people now accept that the country can no longer afford to spend more than 56 per cent of its GDP on the public sector. The battle with the rail unions marks a decisive moment, comparable to Margaret Thatcher’s confrontation with British miners in the 1980s. The unions have vowed to paralyse the country with strikes unless Mr Macron abandons … [Read more...] about Emmanuel Macron’s popularity sinks ahead of crunch battle with rail unions
Emmanuel Macron interview with Jeff Glor — full transcript
JEFF GLOR: I was struck by something you said, that "This battle is, shouldn't be defensive." What does that mean? PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON: Hello. And thanks very much for this appointment. First of all, let me start by saying a few words for your country and and for what happened today in the U.S., because it seems that we had a terrorist attack or an attempt at least. I believe there is -- I mean, nobody died it seems at this stage, but I wanted to convey my feelings and all my solidarity to your people and your president. Switching from ... the news of the day to our news of the day, which is about climate change, indeed, I'm interested in the fact that what people want today is to choose the future. And not to be in a certain we're the victim of different changes. When we speak about climate change, you're a victim of something ... which is happening with deep roots where you don't have -- anything to deal with. And people just want to choose a life. That's … [Read more...] about Emmanuel Macron interview with Jeff Glor — full transcript