Gérard Collomb

Macron struggles to keep divided ministers in line

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Impression of backbiting at odds with efforts of president to present administration as free from factional infighting and personal rivalries.

Minister says 271 jihadi militants have returned to France

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Interior minister Gérard Collomb says all the militants back from war zones in Iraq and Syria are subject to investigation by public prosecutors.

France talks tough on Calais migrants

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French interior minister rules out new migrant reception centre and says he will deploy extra riot police to contain new influx of people in port.

France won't scrap border controls in Calais but UK 'must pay more'

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Interior minister Gérard Collomb said returning border to England would be 'complex' but Paris wants more 'favourable conditions' over costs. 

Macron attracts the crowds – but where are his policies?

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With just over 70 days to go before the first round of the French presidential election, former economy minister Emmanuel Macron continues to attract large crowds to his rallies and is doing well in the opinion polls. Yet what does the founder of the 'En Marche!' political movement - who keeps talking about “bringing people together” - actually plan to do if he is elected president? Mathieu Magnaudeix attended Macron's latest gathering but came away little the wiser.