Macron snubs Trump as US President EXCLUDED from Paris climate deal celebration summit

Hundreds of countries, as well as non-governmental organisations, will attend the event on December 12. 

But an official in Mr Macon’s office said the US President, who pulled his country out of the 2015 deal “for the time being”, has not been invited to the French capital. 

The official said: “The United States have a bit of a special status for that summit.”

He added guests there will be committed to implementing the 2015 deal.

This is not the first time France’s youngest president has snubbed his American counterpart as the pair continue to be divided over thorny issues, such as climate change. 

Emmanuel Macron, 39, was filmed as he swerved the firebrand Republican to instead embrace German chancellor Angela Merkel during a meeting of Nato leaders in Brussels. 

And during a speech at the European Union Summit in October, Mr Macron launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump claiming the uncertainty over the president’s foreign policies had helped the bloc form a closer bond. 

He said “Trump’s actions reinforce the need for unity and clarity” from the Brussels bloc. 

Mr Macron said a united voice is important for international discussions about Iran and North Korea’s nuclear activities, and about Europe’s own defence programs.

He added that a “less-clear strategy from the United States” under Mr Trump has “catalysed” EU cooperation. 

It comes after Syria announced on Tuesday it intends to join the 2015 Paris agreement for slowing climate change, isolating the US as the only country opposed to the pact.

Membership for Syria under President Bashar al-Assad would isolate the United States, the world’s biggest economy and second largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China, as the only nation opposed to the accord.

President Trump, who has expressed doubts that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are the prime cause of global warming, announced in June that he intended to pull out and instead promote US coal and oil industries.

He has threatened to pull out of the Paris agreement unless Washington can secure more favourable terms for American businesses and taxpayers.

But he has been vague about what that means, especially since the pact gives all nations power to set their own goals.