PORTUGAL-FRANCE-DIPLOMACY

France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro hold a joint press conference at the City Hall in Porto, on the second day of a state visit to Portugal, on February 28, 2025. On a two-day state visit to Portugal, Emmanuel Macron called on Europeans yesterday to be "more united and stronger than ever" and to reject the "happy vassalization" toward the United States, as negotiations on Ukraine accelerate on both sides of the Atlantic. This official visit to the country of the Carnation Revolution, the first by a French head of state in more than a quarter of a century, was meant, according to the Elysee, to "highlight the depth and strength of the ties" between the two countries. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images)