(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
French President Emmanuel Macron speaking with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian last week repeating US-Israeli talking points about Iran possessing nuclear weapons or long-range missiles.
Mr. Macron interjected himself into the Israeli offensive against Lebanon and the Iran-aligned Hezbollah movement.
France is a former colonial power in Lebanon.
The French president offered himself as a mediator calling on Hezbollah and Israel to back away from escalation.
Macron also offered to hold talks in Paris involving Lebanese factions and Israel.
On Thursday and Friday Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visited Lebanon and Israel.
France pledging 19.7 million dollars in humanitarian aid to Lebanon where some one million people have been displaced by Israeli evacuation orders primarily in the southern part of the country.
President Trump signaling his disagreement with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Iran War also noting:
"He'll be out of office soon"
But Mr. Trump did give France's overall policy on the Iran War a fairly high rating of 8 out of 10.
Trump saying:
"Not perfect, but it's France"
The US President said his push for French and other foreign assistance in opening the Strait of Hormuz was a test to see how the other nations would respond insisting the US does not need any help.
Mr. Macron was pushing on social media for a moratorium on attacks on energy and water related infrastructure...
BUT FOR FRANCE AND ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES THE UKRAINE WAR REMAINS A PRIORITY THIS WEEK FRANCE ENFORCING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA OVER UKRAINE.
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN WEEKS FRANCE SEIZING A RUSSIAN 'SHADOW FLEET' TANKER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
PRESIDENT MACRON POSTING A PHOTO OF THE SEIZURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HE SAID IN PART:
"These ships...are lining their pockets and contributing to the financing of the Russian war effort"
BELGIUM AND SWEDEN INVOLVED IN SIMILAR SEIZURES IN RECENT WEEKS AS WELL.
RUSSIA THIS WEEK TALKING COUNTERMEASURES FOR MERCHANT VESSELS INCLUDING SECURITY TEAMS AND ESCORT BY WARSHIPS...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)...
This afternoon in Paris the weekly march of the "Historic Yellow Vests"...
Tomorrow the decisive second round of municipal elections in France.
For now that's news from France.
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