New French minister and government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye has spent almost five years at Emmanuel Macron’s side as his media adviser, earning a reputation for blunt speech and a willingness to put the press in its place. Ndiaye was named to the post on Sunday night in a mini-cabinet...

The European Union will not be held “hostage” by the political crisis in the UK over Brexit, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. "The EU cannot be held hostage to the resolution of a political crisis in the United Kingdom on a long-term basis," Macron said at a news...

Speaking during a visit by Irish PM Leo Varadkar, French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday warned that the EU could not be held "hostage" to the Brexit crisis and urged Britain to come up with credible alternative proposals to its exit deal. "The EU cannot be held hostage to the...

The European Central Bank will consider carefully before moving to soothe the effects of negative interest rates on eurozone lenders, board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger told AFP Tuesday. "We need first to better understand if and to which extent banks are affected on a net basis by the...