Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron

France's newly-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu reacts as he speaks at the end of the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on September 10, 2025. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Back to the future as France's Macron reappoints Lecornu as PM

Macron, 47, will hope loyalist Lecornu can draw enough support from a deeply divided parliament to pass a 2026 budget.

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks with guests during a reception as part of the 35th anniversary of German reunification celebrations for the Day of German Unity at the Congresshalle hall in Saarbruecken, Germany, October 3, 2025. Photo: Reuters

France's Macron will appoint new prime minister in next 48 hours

France's President Emmanuel Macron looks on after a family photo on the day of the Euro-Mediterranean Summit (EU-MED9) in a resort near Paphos, Cyprus, October 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Macron wanders alone by the Seine as grip on his future slips away

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses delegates during a high-level meeting of heads of state on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Macron says Trump should stop Gaza war if he wants Nobel peace prize

French President Emmanuel Macron, welcomed by French Minister of Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, walks on the tarmac after disembarking from an Airbus A400M military plane for a visit at the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Pool/File Photo

France's Macron names loyalist Lecornu as new prime minister

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky following the Coalition of the Willing Summit, at the Elysee presidential Palace, in Paris, France on September 4, 2025. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File photo

Stalemate or surrender: France's Macron is left with no good options

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to army leaders, on the eve of the annual Bastille Day Parade in the French capital, at l'Hotel de Brienne in Paris, France July 13, 2025. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS

France's Macron announces plan to accelerate military spending

French President Emmanuel Macron and Moussa Faki meet during the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, in Seville, Spain, June 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco

France's Macron calls tariffs imposed by powerful countries a form of 'blackmail'

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (both not pictured), in Nuuk, Greenland, June 15, 2025. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS/File Photo

Macron fears regime change chaos as Trump ups threats on Iran

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Friday, June 13, 2025. Photo:Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Macron visits Greenland to signal European resolve after Trump annexation threats

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers the keynote address at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, May 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su

France's Macron calls for Asian coalitions as he warns of US-China divisions

France's President Emmanuel Macron looks on after a family photo on the day of the Euro-Mediterranean Summit (EU-MED9) in a resort near Paphos, Cyprus, October 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Macron decorates Indonesia leader before Buddhist temple visit

French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wave as Netanyahu arrives for a dinner at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, February 2, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Macron navigates rocky path to recognising Palestinian state