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News Articles: Emmanuel Macron

From left: Julie Chrisley, Kermit the Frog, Brigitte Macron.

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Which Biden-era case is the FBI NOT reexamining? Find out in the quiz

This week, vaccines took a hit from the Trump administration, some reality TV stars got pardoned, and there was a media frenzy around a certain French interaction. Were you paying attention?

May 30, 2025
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
In a grab taken from video, France's President Emmanuel Macron is shoved while preparing to disembark a plane in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday.

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  • Europe

A video of the French president's wife shoving him went viral. Here's why it matters

Macron said that the video depicts the couple "joking" and dismissed it as part of a disinformation campaign. Experts say Russian accounts are trying to undermine his image as a strong advocate for the West.

May 27, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
President Trump looks on during a joint press conference with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 27.

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  • Politics

1 thing that upended years of U.S. foreign policy — and other big Trump developments

Three years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the U.S., in a split with its European allies over the war, sided with Russia at the U.N.

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the end of a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on Monday.

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  • Politics

Trump and Macron meet in Washington as Europe pleads for continued help with Ukraine

During a joint press conference President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron highlighted their friendly relationship, even when they appeared far apart on the war in Ukraine.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is to shake hands with President-elect Donald Trump as he arrives at the Elysee Palace, on Saturday.

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  • World

Trump receives a Paris welcome full of presidential pomp from France's Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp as the two men resumed the relationship they established during Trump's first term.

December 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier (center) talks to people at the National Assembly before French lawmakers vote on a no-confidence motion in Paris Wednesday.

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  • Europe

French lawmakers oust the prime minister after just 91 days, toppling the government

France's government has been toppled by a no-confidence vote in parliament, for the first time sine 1962. Prime Minister Michel Barnier served the shortest time in the post in France's modern history.

December 04, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx and
  • Eleanor Beardsley
Members of the United States delegation parade Sunday during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris

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  • Sports

France waves farewell to its sporting summer at the Paralympics closing ceremony

The event and its dance party atmosphere lowered the curtain on successful back-to-back Games that captivated fans. Paris raised the bar high for future host cities, including Los Angeles in 2028.

September 09, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Michel Barnier speaks during a campaign rally on Feb. 13, 2022, in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit negotiator as France's new prime minister on Thursday after more than 50 days of caretaker government.

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  • World

France's Macron names EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as prime minister

The appointment of the conservative has already angered left-wing lawmakers, who say Barnier won't get a majority backing in the National Assembly.

September 05, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Supporters of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen react after vote projections in select constituencies, Sunday, in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty.

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  • Europe

Here are key takeaways from France's election round 1, where the far right prevails

It’s one of the most high-stakes, two-round votes in the history of postwar France. Here's where things stand.

July 01, 2024
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By:
  • Nick Spicer
Posters with images or names of local candidates for the first round of the 2024 French legislative elections displayed in front of the local town hall in Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Normandy, France, on June 25. France will hold an early legislative election in two rounds, on June 30 and July 7.

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  • Europe

What to know about France's high-stakes election, where the far right is gaining ground

The president called surprise legislative elections, in two rounds on Sunday and July 7, and they're shaping up to be among the country's most divisive in recent history.

June 28, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Demonstrate gather outside the Paris town hall on Friday in Paris. France's Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64, in a victory for French President Emmanuel Macron after three months of mass protests over the legislation that have damaged his leadership.

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  • Europe

Macron's unpopular plan to raise France's retirement age is enacted into law

French President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 was enacted into law Saturday. The authorized changes will start being implemented in September.

April 15, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A Ukrainian MSLR BM-21 "Grad" fires toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, April 8.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: Pentagon leaks, France's overtures in China and Finland in NATO

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 10, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
Protesters march with flares during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, on Tuesday. France's government is unfurling massively ramped-up security measures for a fresh blast of marches and strikes against unpopular pension reforms.

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  • Europe

A new wave of pension protest breaks out in France as police brace for violence

Fears that violence could mar the demonstrations against President Macron's unpopular pension reforms has led to deployment of 13,000 officers, nearly half of them concentrated in the French capital.

March 28, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A protester holds a placard that reads, "destitution of the cursed poet " during a rally in Paris on Thursday. French unions held their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote.

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  • Europe

King Charles III postpones a trip to France as strikes and protest hobble the country

Workers already refused to roll out the red carpet for the British monarch's arrival, originally scheduled for Sunday. The French are protesting a decision to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62.

March 24, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Lawmaker and far-left group leader Mathilde Panot gestures as she speaks to the media Monday during a protest against the retirement bill in Paris.

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  • Europe

France's leaders fight 2 no-confidence motions as the pension backlash rages on

The motions were filed by lawmakers angry with President Macron for forcing through an unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. It's been 60 years since a no-confidence motion passed.

March 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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