Nuclear power is the French election’s hot topic
Emmanuel Macron is struggling to reconcile climate action with a desire to support industry and secure France's energy supply.
ByEmmanuel Macron
At the age of 39, in 2017, Emmanuel Macron became the youngest president of the French Fifth Republic. He had only founded his centrist political party, En Marche, in April 2016. In April 2022 he won a second term as president of the EU’s second-largest economy, which no French president had achieved in 20 years. He studied at the prestigious Henri IV high school in Paris, and he studied philosophy and later attended the École Nationale d’Administration. Find our latest news and comment here.
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The French president’s call for direct dialogue with Russia has highlighted disagreements on how to engage Moscow.
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Boris Johnson’s toxic Brexit is poisoning relations with France
The Prime Minister and French President Emmanuel Macron can't stand each other, but the real damage is from Brexit.
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Could Valérie Pécresse be France’s first female president?
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Barnier is out as French Republicans split between moderate and hard right
The former Brexit negotiator had been seen as a frontrunner but has been eliminated from the race.
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Dispatch: After the tragedy in the Channel, could France abandon the UK border deal?
A 2003 deal placing the UK’s border in France has been criticised for contributing to migrant deaths.
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Humanity, not hostility, will solve the migrant crisis
Boris Johnson’s government could prevent Channel crossings with wit and moral imagination, but it has neither.
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Priti Patel’s French snub suits everyone – except the people caught in the middle
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron’s row may solve the political problem – but not the human one.
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Frosty French and British relations are at best childish, at worst deadly
While ministers grandstand, desperate people are preparing to make the dangerous journey across the sea
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France cancels Priti Patel meeting as Brexit tensions deepen migrant crisis
Toxic relations between Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron risk complicating efforts to save lives.
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As Covid-19 surges in Europe, Emmanuel Macron’s bet on vaccine passports appears prescient
France’s coercive policy turned one of the least vaccinated countries in Europe into one with the highest coverage.
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Liberal democracy is still under threat
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Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron are now arguing about whether they’re arguing
French aides say the two leaders have agreed to de-escalate tensions. Johnson's spokesman insists there is no such deal.
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French election 2022: Can anyone beat President Emmanuel Macron?
Éric Zemmour, now polling second, is proving able to appeal to voters that Marine Le Pen could never reach.
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What does France want from the 2021 German election?
Paris fears that prolonged coalition talks could leave Germany without a designated government for months.
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