Gerard Collomb
Macron was forced to accept his interior minister's resignation on Tuesday after early ally Gerard Collomb insisted he wanted to step down.
Egypt and France contribute to the stability of the Mediterranean region, said French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb on Thursday.
French police arrested five people, including one on a terror watchlist after discovering a suspected home-made bomb in one of Paris's.
Twelve terror plots have been thwarted in France since the start of the year, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said Tuesday.
Two people were arrested after police found products that can be used to make explosives in a flat south of Paris on Wednesday.
A man armed with a hammer shouted "this is for Syria" and wounded a policeman.