AFP - French President Emmanuel Macron warned Europe on Tuesday against the temptations of "authoritarianism" both around the world and inside the European Union itself.

AFP - Chancellor Angela Merkel embarks Thursday on last-ditch talks with Germany's second biggest party to form a government, in what is also a battle to rescue her political career.

September's inconclusive elections left the veteran leader without a majority and struggling to find partners to govern Europe's biggest economy.