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The French president’s failures offer an object lesson in what happens when liberalism is stripped of its morality and values, writes journalist Oliver Haynes

Global condemnation has followed a suspected terror attack in New Orleans, where a pickup truck ploughed into a crowd celebrating the New Year, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more.

In a traditional New Year's Eve address, French President Emmanuel Macron admitted that his decision to call early parliamentary elections in June had brought more political instability to France rather than "solutions for the French people" – acknowledging that the high-stakes move had led to months of political deadlock.

It’s been a busy year for President Emmanuel Macron: the world watched him preside over the Paris Olympics, D-Day commemorations and the reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral. But on the domestic front it’s been a veritable "annus horribilis" – marked by political turmoil, loss of influence and all-time low popularity.

France's recent political turmoil has delayed the customary New Year's Day announcement of Legion of Honour recipients for 2025, as the country has not had a functioning council of ministers, which is key to the selection process for the award.

French President Emmanuel Macron joined world leaders to pay tribute to former United States president Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, aged 100.

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Prime Minister François Bayrou and two senior ministers will travel to Mayotte on Sunday to assess the devastating impact of Cyclone Chido, which struck the French Indian Ocean territory on 14 December.

With politicians facing wars, or their own political battles at home, The Independent looks around the world at what leaders from across the globe have said this Christmas

Le Pen, 56, spoke a day after President Emmanuel Macron named a new government under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis.

Thousands of worshippers are expected to celebrate Christmas Day masses at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris as part of the celebrations hailing its restoration just over five years after fire nearly destroyed the 12th century monument.