After talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Paris on Tuesday, Macron said the door for Britain to remain a member of the European Union would remain open "until the Brexit negotiations come to an end".
French President Emmanuel Macron is urging Qatar and its rival neighbors to talk directly, to defuse their tensions over alleged terrorism financing, and said Wednesday he will step up diplomatic discussions with Gulf leaders in the coming days.
They exchanged warm greetings on the steps of the Palace, before later attending an England-France worldwide friendly at the Stade de France, with a minute's silence to commemorate those killed in the Manchester and London attacks.
After two Islamist militant attacks in Britain in less than two weeks, May's bid to clamp down on internet extremism has struck a chord with worldwide leaders, especially Macron, whose country has suffered several jihadist attacks since 2015.
On Tuesday in Paris, the two leaders will explore the potential to create new laws that would force tech companies to remove extremist and criminal material from their platforms.
May heads to the Brexit negotiations - slated to start on June 19 - weakened after having lost her majority in parliament in last week's snap election.
With British officials suggesting they won't be able to formally start Brexit negotiations next week as planned, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said Tuesday that, "the European Union is ready to start negotiations as soon as the British side is too".
SA find their fight to set up decider
England in reply made 6-171 with opening batsman Roy leading the run chase with 67 before being controversially dismissed. Curran had Morris caught in the deep off a slower ball and the 22-year-old cleverly yorked Phehlukwafor a golden duck.
"I confirmed to President Macron that the timetable for the Brexit negotiation remains on course and will begin next week".
The leaders of France and Britain Tuesday announced an anti-terror action plan to crack down on radicalization through social media.
Mrs May's authority has been severely diminished after a disastrous general election which saw her lose her House of Commons majority. Both countries have been hit by deadly Islamist militant attacks in recent months.Macron said Internet companies would be asked to do more to remove content promoting terrorism, access to encrypted content on online messaging systems would be widened, and co-operation with the United States on online content would be improved.
After two terror attacks in less than two weeks in London and Manchester where 30 people were killed, May accused internet companies of providing extremist ideology "the safe space to breed" and vowed to clamp down on internet hatred.
But he warned: 'Once it's begun, we have to be conscious it's much more hard to go backwards'.
The Prime Minister added that there is "a unity of purpose" among the British public that the Government should get on with Brexit following the leave vote.
The match kicked off around five minutes later than the scheduled 9pm (1900 GMT) start, after French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May had arrived at the stadium in the nick of time.
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