France to the OECS Member States and Barbados

Following the decision of the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, on 1 June 2017, called on international community to mobilize and join France to lead the fight against global warming.

On 17 May 2017 Jean-Yves Le Drian was appointed Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Paris is a candidate city to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (MAEDI), a founding member of the Paris 2024 public interest group, is working with the entire French diplomatic network abroad to support the bid.

The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, was sworn in on 14 May 2017 for 5 years. He succeeds François Hollande and is the 8th elected president of the 5th French Republic.
Biography Emmanuel Macron was born on 21 December 1977 in Amiens (Somme) Ministerial positions • Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector, from 2014 to 2016
Political positions • Deputy (...)

More than 1.3 million French nationals abroad registered on the consular electoral lists were eligible to vote in the second round of the presidential elections on May 6 and 7.
Voter turnout during the second round was almost 46%, an increase of four percentage points compared with the second round of the 2012 presidential election and two percentage points higher than in the first round. (...)