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Emmanuel Macron talks about his visions for a stronger EU during a visit to Greece. He said the french want to invest in Greece's recovery, but it is unclear whether he will follow through.

Macron meets with Tsipras to discuss the future of the EU, and how to advance Europe to be able to compete with US and China. France wants to invest in Greece's economy.

While throwing an egg at Macron is still obviously illegal in France, it is interesting to compare how an act like that would be punished in a more authoritarian government.

Interesting response by France regarding Trumps speech and idea to "totally destroy" North Korea.

Does Rwanda have the resources to support the 500 incoming Libyan migrants? Why is Rwanda the best option? How can the EU, as a whole, make the decision to pay countries like Turkey to deal with migrants if leaders like Macron want to take a different approach? Who decides for the EU?

French President Emmanuel Macron recalled France's ambassadors to the United States and Australia over a submarine deal it called "unacceptable between allies and partners", "brutal", and "a stab in the back." In a deal between a new military alliance of the U.S., the U.K., and Australia, Australia canceled a $66 billion dollar deal with the French to purchase diesel powered submarines in favor of a new, anti-China deal between the U.S. and the U.K to purchase nuclear submarines to patrol the Australia coastline. France is furious over the decision.

Reading through this story, it seems like the French are mad that the US and Australia handled it badly communication-wise, and that the French are very mad about this deal happening at all. It seems like the reason that the reaction was so strong from them is the combination of these two factors. I also don't fully understand why they would be mad at this happening; the US contract was an upgrade to nuclear submarines, which they were not offering.