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Sisi congratulates Macron on re-election win

Egypt Independent Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi congratulated French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for winning the presidential elections on Sunday. “Egyptian-French historical relations were, and still are, close and growing. We look forward to continuing consultations and mutual coordination on regional and international files of common interest”, Sisi tweeted. Macron won …

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France has three election polling stations in Egypt

Egypt Today “Three polling stations have been made available for members of the French community in Egypt to vote in the second round of the French presidential elections which took place today”, French Ambassador to Cairo, Marc Baréty, revealed. The announcement was made at a contract signing ceremony at the …

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The French unwilling willingness

Renewed polarisation between Macron and Le Pen in the presidential election conceals a pas de deux. Éloi Laurent* For the last 20 years, French politics has been an unforgiving puzzle, whereby democratic votes result in neoliberal and xenophobic policies the French say they resent. Sunday’s presidential election first round is no different. …

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France expands investment portfolio in Egypt

Egypt Today Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi discussed plans to expand bilateral trade with France and French investment in Egypt with French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire on Monday. Le Maire reviewed opportunities to invest in eight main sectors, transportation, electric vehicles, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, digital …

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Egypt and France collaborate on EV component production

Egypt Independent A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday between Al Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company and Valeo Egypt to a locally designed, developed and produced electric vehicle (EV) components. The MoU is part of the Ministry of Public Business Sector’s plan to localise the manufacturing of EVs in …

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Sisi takes part in ‘One Ocean Summit’ in France

Mohamed Soliman – Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was welcomed by French President Emanuel Macron on arrival to the port city of Brest ahead of his participation in the ‘One Ocean Summit’ on Friday. The summit, from 9 to 11 February, is being held under the auspices of the French …

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France fines Facebook and Google €210M over tracking consent

Ahram Online Google and Facebook were fined over €200 Million euros (US$226 Million) for “not simplifying online tracking opt-out option, unlike accepting the tracking tools”, France’s CNIL data privacy watchdog announced on Thursday. “Investigations found that while the US online giants gave French users a single button to immediately accept …

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