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Emmanuel Macron
b. 1977
President of France since 2017
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Biography
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He served as Minister of Economics and Finance under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016. He has been a member of Renaissance since founding the party in 2016.
In Their Own Words (5)
The fight against climate change is by far the most significant struggle of our times.
Cited in: Damian Carrington, "Climate change will determine humanity's destiny, says Angela Merkel", '''', 15 November 2017 (page visited on 15 November 2017). , 2017
My thoughts go out to the families of the victims of the terrible accident that took place last night near Larissa. France stands alongside the Greeks.
At least 36 dead, scores injured as trains collide in Greece By Heather Chen, Chris Liakos, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jennifer Hauser and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (March 1, 2023) , 2023
Nous sommes entrés dans un monde de grandes migrations. Et on en aura de plus en plus. Parce que la planète est en profond déséquilibre, nous auront dans les décennies qui viennent des migrations dues à des conflits géopolitiques qui vont continuer à se jouer et nous aurons des migrations climatiques... La France ne pourra pas l'endiguer... des phénomènes migratoires beaucoup plus forts que ce qu'on a vécu avec la Syrie.
We have entered a world of great migrations and we will have more and more of it. Because the planet is in deep imbalance, we will have in the coming decades migrations due to geopolitical conflicts that will continue to play out, and we will have climate migrations... France will not be able to stem it... migratory phenomena much stronger than what we experienced with Syria." , 2017
Il faut pouvoir tenir. Si on prend des mesures qui sont très contraignantes, ce n'est pas tenable dans la durée.
You have to be able to hold on. If we take measures that are very restrictive, they will not be sustainable over time. , 2020
Déléguer notre alimentation, notre protection, notre capacité à soigner notre cadre de vie au fond à d'autres est une folie. Nous devons en reprendre le contrôle, construire plus encore que nous ne le faisons déjà une France, une Europe souveraine, une France et une Europe qui tiennent fermement leur destin en main.
To delegate our alimentation, our protection, or our ability to take care for our living environment to others is madness. We must take back control, build a France, a sovereign Europe, even more than what we already did, a France and a Europe which firmly hold their destiny in their hands. , 2020
Timeline
The story of Emmanuel Macron, told in moments.
Joins Rothschild & Cie Banque as an investment banker. Within two years he's a partner. Handles Nestle's 9-billion-euro acquisition of Pfizer's infant nutrition division. It makes him a millionaire. He reports earning 2 million euros in 18 months. He is 32.
Appointed Minister of Economics at age 36, the youngest since Giscard d'Estaing in 1962. Never elected to anything. The press calls him the "Anti-Montebourg." He pushes business-friendly reforms through parliament using the controversial 49.3 procedure, which bypasses a vote entirely.
Founds his own political party, En Marche!, in Amiens. He's still technically a government minister. Hollande is furious. Macron had twice failed to get into the Ecole normale superieure and never won an election. Eight months later he'll announce his presidential run.
Elected President of France at 39 with 66% of the vote, defeating Marine Le Pen. Youngest president in French history. His party didn't exist 13 months ago. By June it holds a majority in the National Assembly.
Wins reelection against Le Pen again. First French president to win a second term since Chirac in 2002. But he loses his parliamentary majority. Between 2024 and 2025, he'll burn through five prime ministers. The shortest lasts less than a month.
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