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    Spotlight | France, Japan, South Korea
    Macron to visit Tokyo and Seoul

    South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22 November 2025.
    South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22 November 2025. © Yonhap/EPA/MaxPPP

    Emmanuel Macron is to travel during the cherry blossom season to the two North-East Asian countries, long neglected by the French president. His tour will provide a catch-up session for these two relationships, where defence cooperation has been stymied.

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    Ukraine
    Kyiv consults British experts on front line reinforcements amid UK-France plans for post-war force

    A welder working on the construction of fortifications on the front line in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, on 11 March 2024.
    A welder working on the construction of fortifications on the front line in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, on 11 March 2024. © Ukrinform/NurPhoto via AFP

    Military and defence officials recently heard pitches from field engineering experts on how to strengthen the front line, including from the UK. The move comes as both London and Paris have promised to commit to leading a multinational force in Ukraine to defend an eventual ceasefire.

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    France, Greece
    Greek PM deploys his family on cultural diplomacy mission in Paris

    French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte (R) pose with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (second from right) and his wife Mareva Grabowska in Paris, on 26 July 2024.
    French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte (R) pose with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (second from right) and his wife Mareva Grabowska in Paris, on 26 July 2024. © André Pain/EPA/MaxPPP

    Paris is currently pursuing an aggressive trade diplomacy policy in Athens, while Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is also tapping into his family's cultural diplomacy skills in the French capital.

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    France, Turkey
    France tries to bar Turkish-born engineer from restricted zones at Airbus

    Researchers working in front of a satellite at the Airbus Defence and Space headquarters in Toulouse.
    Researchers working in front of a satellite at the Airbus Defence and Space headquarters in Toulouse. © Rémy Gabalda/AFP

    France's DRSD military counterintelligence service refused an engineer access to sensitive sites at the Airbus Defence and Space site in Toulouse, where he had a job offer. The decision, based on the fact the engineer was from Turkey, a ‘country of particular sensitivity', was overturned in court.

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