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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.
The party and Macron were both reprimanded by President Hollande and the question of Macron's loyalty to the government was raised. [13] [14] Several MEPs spoke out in support of the party, [15] although the majority of the Socialist Party spoke against En Marche ! including Valls, [16] Michel Sapin, [17] Axelle Lemaire and Christian Eckert. [18]
Macron was dubbed the "president of the very rich" by former Socialist French president François Hollande. [14] In the past, Macron called himself a " socialist "; [ 15 ] since August 2015, he labelled himself as a "centrist liberal", refusing observations by critics that he is an "ultra-liberal" economically. [ 1 ]
The French president has also been criticised for his exchanges with residents in Mayotte after the island near Madagascar was devastated by cyclone Chido Emmanuel Macron accused of ‘racist and ...
Barack Obama is thus far the only president to have ancestry from outside of Europe; his paternal family is of Kenyan Luo ancestry. He is also believed to be a direct descendant of John Punch, a colonial-era slave born in modern-day Cameroon. [2] There is no evidence that any president has had Indigenous American ancestry.
Despite three presidential election attempts, Mr Bayrou stood aside in 2017 to rally behind president Macron. His support is believed to have played a key role in Mr Macron’s stunning election win.
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President-elect Trump dominated French President Emmanuel Macron during a tense photo-op handshake as the leaders met in Paris ahead of the Notre Dame cathedral’s reopening Saturday — where ...