# French President

This year

2023

# Criticism

Macron wants 'strong' sanctions after child suffering from cancer attacked at Ligue 1 game

The boy had been invited to watch the game in a hospitality box and meet the Marseille players.

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Jun 5th 2023, 5:48 PM

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# France

French president Emmanuel Macron tests positive for Covid-19

Macron will now self-isolate for seven days.

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Dec 17th 2020, 10:05 AM

# Alexandre Benalla

French prosecutors probe whether Macron’s ex-bodyguard used passports illegally

The investigation will examine the “abuse of trust” over Benalla’s failure to return two passports after he was no longer in office.

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Dec 29th 2018, 3:16 PM

# French President

Macron wants the French baguette to become a Unesco-listed symbol

Irish uilleann piping was granted the same status last year.

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Jan 13th 2018, 3:11 PM

# French President

Macron jokes about marijuana during tense State visit to French Guiana

Macron has made controversial comments in the past about French colonies.

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Oct 28th 2017, 4:02 PM

# dominance

Emmanuel Macron: White-knuckle handshake with Trump 'was not innocent'

Macron is eager to show President Trump that he won’t bow down easily.

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May 28th 2017, 3:30 PM

# new kid on the bloc

The 4 big challenges Emmanuel Macron will face as president

After defeating the far-right, the fight is just beginning for France’s youngest leader since Napoleon Bonaparte.

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May 13th 2017, 9:30 PM

# Young Pretenders

Macron promises 'revolution' as he unveils gender equal list of political outsiders

“We aim to build a majority for change,” the president-elect said.

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May 11th 2017, 8:40 PM

# Merde

Nicolas Sarkozy to face trial over 'fraudulent' election financing

The former French president has described the controversy as a “farce”.

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Feb 7th 2017, 11:42 AM

# Commemorations

Rwandan president accuses France of role in the genocide

The French President has since released a statement.

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Apr 7th 2014, 6:36 PM

# Explosion

Blast at church in Rome ahead of Francois Hollande visit

The French President is due to meet with the Pope for the first time later today amid deep divisions in France over issues like abortion and gay marriage.

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Jan 24th 2014, 8:50 AM

# Syria

Hollande says evidence implicates Assad in chemical attacks

The French President said that everything led to the belief that the regime was responsible for the “unspeakable act”.

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Aug 25th 2013, 1:43 PM

# French elections

France's Socialist Party poised to take parliamentary majority

President Francois Hollande’s parliamentary majority will give him the opportunity to push through budget and tax reforms, and to move away from austerity towards growth.

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Jun 11th 2012, 8:50 AM