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First German edition of the French magazine that was nearly wiped out by murderous attack in January 2015 hits newsstands this week.

Theresa May will make her first overseas visits this week, meeting François Hollande in Paris after visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.

French president François Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel seek to restor calm over Brexit ahead of meeting in Berlin.

Two leaders mark the 300-day 1916 offensive in north-east France that claimed more than 300,000 lives in one of the war's bloodiest battles.

As Hollande and Merkel meet in Paris, president insists that France shares the same desire as Germany to tackle the problem.

Manuel Valls said stricter controls were not imposed on the EU's external borders, then people would say 'enough of Europe'.

The French and German leaders, addressing the European Parliament, said current rules are obsolete and that a united EU stand must be adopted.

President Hollande called for mechanism forcing countries to take an obligatory number of refugees, though avoided use of word 'quota'.

French president said current wave of migration from conflict areas in Middle East required coordinated response by 28-member bloc.

François Hollande, speaking alongside German chancellor Angela Merkel after talks about Greek crisis, said: 'The door is open for discussion'.

The French president is determined to keep intact a single currency that was a French-inspired initiative to deepen European integration.

French president François Hollande is to meet German chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris on Monday in a crucial meeting a day after the Greek people voted massively to reject the terms of the latest bailout terms for Greece. Official reaction from the French government to the unexpectedly clear-cut nature of the 'no' vote in Greece, where more than 60% of those who voted backed the stance of prime minister Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza government, was muted. But many politicians on the Left in France – and some on the far-right too – greeted the news as a victory for democracy over EU and IMF-imposed austerity. Mediapart reports on the reaction in France to the Greek referendum vote.

Monday meeting at the Elysée, announced shortly after polls closed in Greece, comes after apparent Franco-German differences on the issue.