Emmanuel Macron
France
Renaissance
President of the French Republic
government
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.
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Oct 1, 2026
Far Left
Spoke from Spain about the far-right threat and democratic crisis, while his government ends the UK migrant exchange deal signed by Bruno Retailleau.
LFI accuses him of being a pyromaniac firefighter: he normalized RN ideas for a decade, and now his only concern about the migrant deal is its inefficiency, not its violation of international law.
Sep 30, 2026
Far Right
Popularity hits an all-time low of 18 percent in the Odoxa-Mascaret barometer amid fuel price anger.
RN treats Macron's collapse as vindication of its anti-elite message and a sign that the presidency is ripe for the taking.
Sep 28, 2026
Far Right
European pressure on Iran, including French positions, is implicitly rejected in Kayhan's defense of Iran's non-excessive demands.
Principlists dismiss Macron as a junior partner to US hostility and warn against any European-mediated compromise.
Sep 28, 2026
Far Right
Will attend the final Mass of Pope Léon XIV's visit in Metz on Monday.
RN criticizes Macron for using the Pope's visit for photo-ops while France faces social unrest and strikes, showing a president disconnected from real problems.
Sep 28, 2026
Lean Right
Le Figaro reported he will attend the pope's final Metz mass after being absent from Saturday's Place de la Concorde ceremony.
LR reads the selective attendance as political theatre, with the president trying to borrow papal credibility while defending the end-of-life law the pope just criticized.
Sep 28, 2026
Center
As Renaissance's leader, he faces the political fallout from the RN's Senate breakthrough and the ongoing challenges of the Ukraine war and Iran tensions.
Renaissance counts on Macron's diplomatic leadership and reform agenda; the Senate elections are a setback but not a fatal blow, and the party must rally around his record before 2027.
Sep 28, 2026
Far Left
The Senate results and the firefighters' protest both land on his watch, exposing the decay of public services and the rise of the far right.
LFI blames Macron's austerity and political choices for hollowing out public services and creating the conditions for the RN's normalization.
Sep 27, 2026
Far Right
Welcomed Pope Leo XIV at the Élysée Palace, appearing alongside the pontiff during his state visit.
Macron is criticized for grandstanding on the world stage while failing to address domestic security and immigration, the issues RN voters care most about.
Sep 27, 2026
Lean Right
France backs International Criminal Court after US sanctions judges.
Likud criticizes Macron for undermining Israel's right to self-defense by supporting the ICC's politicized actions against Israeli leaders.
Sep 27, 2026
Lean Right
Target of 260 climate marches demanding he 'answer for' his environmental record after a record summer of heat and fires.
LR views Macron as the architect of institutional decline and a president who lectures but fails to deliver on security or fiscal responsibility.