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Emmanuel Macron faces calls to resign after Barnier ousted. Thursday 5 December 2024 09:34, Andy Gregory. The ousting of Michel Barnier further weakens the standing of president Emmanuel Macron ...
France's President Emmanuel Macron named Francois Bayrou as his new prime minister to run his government on Friday, his office said, after his previous choice for the role served the shortest term ...
Watch live as French President Emmanuel Macron meets with US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the historic reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral on ...
Macron, who sparked France's festering political crisis in June by calling the snap election that delivered a hung parliament, was defiant in his address to nation on Thursday.
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.
Macron had appointed Barnier to lead a minority government after a snap election, called by the president in the summer, split France’s parliament into three factions, each well short of a majority.
On 9 June 2024, the National Rally party headed by Jordan Bardella, obtained 31.36% of the votes in the European parliamentary elections, causing French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly and call for new legislative elections in two rounds on 30 June and 7 July 2024, to elect the 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic.
Macron said the rebuilding of the ravaged cathedral, plus France's successful hosting of the 2024 Olympics, were "proof that we can do great things". "We can do the impossible," he said. "The ...