Macron asks Trump to lift sanctions on EU officials

The French president has condemned the “erroneous” restrictions placed on the bloc’s former tech commissioner

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked US President Donald Trump to lift the sanctions he imposed on several European officials, including former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and International Criminal Court (ICC) judge Nicolas Guillou.

Breton, a French citizen who oversaw the EU’s tech regulations, was among five Europeans...