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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]
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".
On 26 November 2021, Macron cosigned the "Quirinal Treaty" with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. [179] The treaty aimed to promote the convergence and coordination of French and Italian positions in matters of European and foreign policies, security and defence, migration policy, economy, education, research, culture and cross-border ...
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 reportedly informed Bayrou that he had decided against nominating him, only to revise his position when a furious Bayrou threatened to withdraw ...
The Borne government (French: gouvernement Borne) was the forty-third government of the French Fifth Republic, formed on 16 May 2022 and headed by Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister under President Emmanuel Macron. It served as a caretaker government in early January 2024, before Gabriel Attal was appointed prime minister by Macron.
Bayrou is Macron's fourth prime minister in a year. Macron himself is half-way through his second term. Bayrou takes up the job after Barnier served as France's prime minister for just three ...
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 ...