Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron

France's newly-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu reacts as he speaks at the end of the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on 10 September 2025. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

France's PM to meet unions as government prepares for more protests

Authorities have faced criticism from parties across the political spectrum, with far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen describing the unrest as a "wake-up call" that exposed a ...

French war veterans march past the Washington Monument on the Place d'Iena in Paris, on 19 July 1926, in protest against the US debt terms. Photo: UNB/AP

France's long tradition of protest sometimes descends into violence

France's President Emmanuel Macron attends an Interministerial Crisis Meeting chaired by France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, October 18, 2026. Photo: Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron's twilight months

French high school students gather outside the Lycee Charles Peguy high school in Paris as part of a nationwide day of demonstrations and blockades, voicing anger over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings, which students blame on years of underinvestment, France, on 6 October 2026. Photo: Reuters

France braces for day of school blockades and street protests

French high school students gather outside the Lycee Voltaire high school as part of nationwide protests to demand the hiring of substitute teachers, increased resources and better learning conditions, in Paris, as more than 400 schools remain. Photo: Reuters

About 400 French schools closed as some student protests turn violent

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Pope Leo as he arrives for a meeting with authorities, members of civil society and the diplomatic corps at the Elysee Palace in Paris as part of his four-day apostolic journey to France, September 25, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

Pope Leo warns in France that UN risks becoming 'charade'

France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

In UN farewell, Macron denounces Trump's Gaza diplomacy as spectacle of shame

Photo: Reuters

Trump to meet Macron in New York on Monday: White House

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as they attend a working session with G7 leaders and outreach partners on promoting economic growth during the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on 17 June, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Macron, Carney pledge closer ties in Atlantic island meeting amid strains with Trump

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, June 7, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo

Outgoing UK PM Starmer given France's top honour by President Macron

The 'revenge list' features 13 political and military leaders from the US, Israel and Europe, including Meloni and Trump. Photo: Collected

Meloni, Trump, Netanyahu: Full list of 13 leaders on Iran's 'revenge list'

Emergency personnel work as smoke and fire rise at the site where explosive devices blew up near a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was meant to be staying, in Damascus, Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar

Bomb attack rocks Damascus during Macron visit

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks with guests during a reception as part of the 35th anniversary of German reunification celebrations for the Day of German Unity at the Congresshalle hall in Saarbruecken, Germany, October 3, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Emmanuel Macron visits Syria, 18 months after Assad's fall