From my point of view

Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to France on Monday to hold talks with Emmanuel Macron, who won the recent presidential election in France despite Russian support for his opponent. During Putin's visit to France, President Macron said they had a "frank and direct exchange” . Macron warned Putin that chemical weapons in Syria were a "red line" for France, and that he would continue to monitor civil rights violations of gay and transgender people in Chechnya. But the two said they did not privately discuss reports of Russian meddling in last month's French elections, including an 11th-hour cyberattack on Macron's campaign. But what interested people the most was their handshake . Indeed, after running circles around Trump, the world wanted to know how Macron would deal with Vladimir Putin? Brutal handshake, jailhouse stare, tough-guy shoulder slap? No, none of the above, because the French president knew it’s not a good idea to try

"Liberty, equality, fraternity". These three words define my country. I was born and grew up in France. France is a wonderful country which is so rich in history, in culture and in splendid places. But this country in which I always lived a peaceful life without any problems suddenly sunk into a one full of violence and tragedy. The day when everything changed was November 13, 2015 . On that day I went home after university to my mother’s house for the weekend. While the rest of my family was watching a football game of the France team, I was in my room studying.  Suddenly my Mom came into my room and told me "Alicia there is a problem, something happened. I think it's serious. A bomb exploded in the stadium of France during the game…" I asked her puzzled and naive if the situation is really serious. I didn’t understand in that moment the huge tragedy for my country.  While I was searching for more information in social networks, I saw that there