France in Hong Kong

Nicolas Hulot, French Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, met with Wong Kam Sing, Secretary for the Environment of the HKSAR, during a brief trip to Hong Kong on 16 October 2017.

In a keynote speech at the Sorbonne on 26 September 2017, Emmanuel Macron calls for an overhaul of the European Union to address challenges including security, migration, the climate and globalization.

On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose Paris to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This victory has made France proud as well as all the people working on Paris’ bid and who knew how to make Paris the obvious choice.

After multiple weeks of negotiations and a hundred of meetings with trade unions, the French government has unveiled on 31 August an ambitious and comprehensive labour law reform. The aim of the “Law on the Reinforcement of Social Dialogue” is to increase the flexibility of the labour market through 36 concrete measures.

"We can make sure that the future is for dialogue and not war, cooperation and not discord, shared prosperity and not crises; this is the whole purpose of our policy."