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Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (French: [emanɥɛl makʁɔ̃]; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. He previously was Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016 and deputy secretary-general to the president from 2012 to 2014.
On 5 September, Barnier was appointed as prime minister by Macron. [2] At the age of 73, Barnier was the oldest person to take office as prime minister under the Fifth Republic. The period between Attal's resignation and Barnier's appointment was the longest period that the French Fifth Republic had spent without a prime minister. [3]
In 2021, Macron was reported as saying Northern Ireland was not truly part of the United Kingdom following disputes with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the Northern Ireland protocol. [171] He later denied this, saying he was referring to the fact that Great Britain is separated from Northern Ireland by sea in reference to the Irish Sea ...
The G7 leaders, 26 May 2017 Macron with Chadian president Idriss Déby in N'Djamena, December 2018 Macron with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, 24 March 2022. In 2017, Macron described France's colonization of Algeria as a "crime against humanity".
The head of the government of France has been called the prime minister of France (French: Premier ministre) since 1959, when Michel Debré became the first officeholder appointed under the Fifth Republic. During earlier periods of history, the head of government of France was known by different titles.
Between 21 June and 4 July, both President Macron and his Prime minister held talks with parliamentary opposition leaders in order to try forming a stable majority government. [5] Nonetheless, since no opposition party showed interest in either supporting or entering a Macron-led government, the executive pair ultimately had to settle for a ...
On 13 December 2024, following the motion of no confidence that ended Michel Barnier's government, Bayrou was appointed as Prime Minister by Emmanuel Macron. [31] The morning of the nomination, Macron informed Bayrou that he had decided against nominating him, only to revise his position when a furious Bayrou threatened to withdraw his support ...
The Attal government (French: gouvernement Attal) was the forty-fourth government of the French Fifth Republic, formed on 9 January 2024 and headed by Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron. [1] It served as a caretaker government from July to September 2024, before Michel Barnier was appointed prime minister.