"Some will say it is too late, others will say it is too soon," but "we cannot wait any longer," argues the French president. "Ladies and gentlemen, we are here because the time has come. The time has come to free the 48 hostages held by Hamas.

Macron was forced to call President Donald Trump late Monday night after he got trapped behind the presidential motorcade in New York City, video shows. The incident came as world leaders convene in the city for the United Nations’ annual General Assembly meeting.

In an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," the French president pushed back on criticism for recognizing a Palestinian state.

The disruption gave loud voice to widespread complaints that eight years of leadership by France’s business-friendly president have benefited too few people and hurt too many.

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to France 24 and RFI about the situation in Gaza. Watch the full interview at france24.com.

France is bracing for potential violence as tens of thousands of protesters are expected to join a day of disruption across the country.

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron late Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the country’s fractious political parties to agree on a budget for one of the world’s biggest economies.

French President Emmanuel Macron likes to say that he can get President Donald Trump on the phone any time he wants. In New York for the U.N. General Assembly, he proved it. Blocked on Monday night by police officers when he sought to cross a New York street — they told the French president the road was closed to let a VIP motorcade pass — Macron fished out his phone and dialed his U.