Emmanuel Macron

France: Cazeneuve, the Former PM Who Could Take Over Again

French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Bernard Cazeneuve at the Elysée Palace on Monday morning as part of his consultations on the appointment of a new Prime Minister, the former head of the Socialist government was told on Sunday. While his name has been circulating for several days as a possible Prime Minister, “Bernard Cazeneuve is ...

France's Macron Accelerates Efforts to Break PM Deadlock

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday intensified efforts to find a new prime minister after almost two months of deadlock following inconclusive legislative elections, hosting two former presidents and two potential candidates. France has been without a permanent government since the July 7 legislative polls where the left formed the ...

Casting at the Élysée: Who Will Take Up Residence at Matignon?

While French President Emmanuel Macron is still searching for the ideal candidate to fill the position of Prime Minister, new names keep emerging on the list of contenders. Bernard Cazeneuve: A “Throwback” for Macron? Born in 1963 in Senlis, Bernard Cazeneuve is a seasoned figure in French politics. A former lawyer, he entered politics in ...

Macron Names Ex-brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier as French PM

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed former minister and right-wing ex-European Commissioner Michel Barnier, 73, as Prime Minister on Thursday, the Élysée announced, 60 days after the second round of legislative elections which resulted in a National Assembly without a majority. Since Wednesday, politicians and the media in France have ...

Thousands Protest Macron's PM Appointment

Thousands of left-wing demonstrators on Saturday took to the streets across France to protest against the nomination of the centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister and denounce President Emmanuel Macron's "power grab". Protests took place in Paris as well as other cities including Nantes in the west, Nice and Marseille in the south and ...

France's Barnier Promises New Government 'Next Week'

Michel Barnier - the European Union's former chief Brexit negotiator who was appointed prime minister on September 5 - promised on Wednesday to name a French government “next week.” “We're going to do things methodically, seriously,” said Barnier, 73, appointed by President Emmanuel Macron after legislative elections failed to produce a ...

Emmanuel Macron: Lebanon Faces Grief and Fear Once Again

French President Emmanuel Macron shared a message of support to the Lebanese on X (formerly Twitter) after the country was hit by an unprecedented technological attack that resulted in dozens of deaths and thousands of injuries. On Thursday, September 19, Macron posted a video on his X account, reiterating the urgent need for Lebanon to elect a ...

Macron Appoints New Government in Shift to Right

French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier Saturday, marked by a shift to the right 11 weeks after an inconclusive parliamentary election. The first major task for Barnier, appointed just over two weeks ago, will be to submit a 2025 budget plan addressing France's financial situation, which the ...

Barnier Promises Compromise in New French Government

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier promised cohesion and a willingness to compromise Sunday, a day after his new government was announced to immediate threats of a no-confidence motion in parliament. Barnier, who heads up a government condemned by its critics as too far to the right, promised in a television interview to move fast to tackle the ...

Macron at the UN: A War in Lebanon Must Not Be Authorized

French President Emmanuel Macron took a hard tone on Wednesday at the UN General Assembly, stressing that “there cannot and must not be a war in Lebanon.” Calling for an end to Israeli "escalation" in Lebanon along with the rocket attacks by Hezbollah on Israel., he stressed: “a war in Lebanon must not be authorized." "We urge Israel to ...

Macron to Visit Morocco to Strengthen Bilateral Ties

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to make a state visit to Morocco "at the end of October" to strengthen bilateral relations after a prolonged period of diplomatic tension, the Elysée announced on Friday to AFP. On Thursday, King Mohammed VI extended the invitation in a letter expressing optimism about "the promising opportunities ahead ...

Macron Urges Halt to Arms Deliveries to Israel for Use in Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Saturday for a halt to arms deliveries to Israel that are being used in the conflict in Gaza. "I think the priority today is to return to a political solution, to stop delivering weapons for the fights in Gaza," he said during a special broadcast on France Inter radio dedicated to Francophonie. "France ...