{"id":270526,"date":"2023-03-24T08:46:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=270526"},"modified":"2023-03-24T08:46:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:46:35","slug":"king-charles-european-state-visit-hits-french-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=270526","title":{"rendered":"King Charles European State Visit Hits French Hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LONDON (AP) \u2014 King Charles III\u2019s state visit to France has been postponed indefinitely amid widespread protests<\/a> over President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s pension reforms, putting a damper on the new monarch\u2019s debut on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles and his wife, Camilla, will still travel to Germany on Wednesday in what was scheduled to be the second leg of his first overseas trip since ascending the throne in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original six-day visit to France and Germany, the two biggest countries in the European Union, was designed to highlight efforts to rebuild relations between Britain and its neighbors after six years of squabbling over Brexit. But the prospect of Charles being confronted by protesters and piles of garbage in the streets of Paris forced officials in France and Britain to rethink their plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe king and queen consort\u2019s state visit to France has been postponed,\u201d British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s office said in a statement. \u201cThis decision was taken with the consent of all parties, after the president of France asked the British government to postpone the visit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buckingham Palace said another date would be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheir Majesties greatly look forward to the opportunity to visit France as soon as dates can be found,” the palace said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French labor unions have called for a day of nationwide protests and strikes on Tuesday in protest at Macron’s proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. That is the day when the king had been due to travel to the western city of Bordeaux, with much ceremony and the high levels of security, and the protests would have complicated his travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles and Camilla will now start their first state visit on Wednesday in Germany, where they will be welcomed with military honors by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Berlin\u2019s landmark Brandenburg Gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, the British king is set to give a speech to the Bundestag, meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and talk to Ukrainian refugees and military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He goes to Hamburg on Friday, where he will visit the Kindertransport memorial for Jewish children who fled from Germany to Britain during the Third Reich, and attend a green energy event before returning to the UK in the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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