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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.
The Bayrou government (French: gouvernement Bayrou) is the forty-sixth and incumbent government of France.It was formed in December 2024 after President Emmanuel Macron appointed François Bayrou as Prime Minister on 13 December, replacing caretaker Michel Barnier (who had been removed from office by a motion of no-confidence).
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 prime minister is the holder of the second-highest office in France, after the president of France. The president, who appoints but cannot dismiss the prime minister, can request resignation. The Government of France, including the prime minister, can be dismissed by the National Assembly. Upon appointment, the prime minister proposes a ...
On 4 December, Prime minister Michel Barnier was ousted in the first successful no-confidence vote since 1962, prompted by budgetary disputes. Both the NFP and the RN voted to topple him. Barnier formally resigned from office on 5 December, which made him the shortest serving prime minister in the Fifth Republic. [42]
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 Castex government (French: gouvernement Castex) was the forty-second government of the French Fifth Republic, formed on 3 July 2020 and headed by Jean Castex as Prime Minister under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron. [1] It was dissolved on 16 May 2022, after Élisabeth Borne was selected as prime minister following the re-election of Macron.
France’s embattled President Emmanuel Macron has appointed centrist ally Francois Bayrou as prime minister, he announced on Friday, as he seeks to calm a political crisis that has left his ...