During the talks, Macron shared his assessment of recent meetings held between the leaders of Europe, the US, and Ukraine in Washington. He later told the media that he and Modi had coordinated their positions on the war in Ukraine.

During the phone call, French President Emmanuel Macron also briefed PM Modi about the recent meeting in Washington, where European leaders met US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The French leader said free speech isn’t a shield for “nonsense”—blasting Trump’s team for “banning journalists” from the White House.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday exchanged views on efforts for peaceful resolution of conflicts in Ukraine and in West Asia. In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, "Had a very good conversation with my friend President ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke by phone on Wednesday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and discussed U.S. tariffs and the Mercosur-European Union trade deal, Brazil's government said in a statement.

In the first interview since filing the lawsuit, Macron told Paris Match that he feels the spread of false information across the U.S. is out of control. “This has become so widespread in the United States that we had to react,” he said in French. “It’s a question of having the truth respected.”

The probe, which was carried out by Manhattan-based Nardello & Co., compiled information about Owens’ political ties and public statements.

This has become so widespread in the United States that we had to react,’ the French president says in his first public remarks about the case