[15], On 22 June 1974 she married banker André-Louis Auzière, with whom she had three children, Sébastien Auzière, an engineer, Dr. Laurence Auzière-Jourdan, a cardiologist, and Tiphaine Auzière, a lawyer.
[61] Manuel Valls attempted to appoint Macron as the Budget Minister but François Hollande rejected the idea due to Macron never being elected before.
[191] After The Republicans emerged as the winners of the Senate elections, government spokesman Christophe Castaner stated the elections were a "failure" for his party.[192]. [200], The French government announced the proposed changes to France's labour rules ("Code du Travail"), being among the first steps taken by Macron and his government to galvanise the French economy. Macron promised to marry Brigitte when he was 17, at the time she was 42 years old. [359] In July 2015, while challenging the "loaded question" of the 2015 Greek referendum, Macron called for resisting the "automatic ejection" of Greece from the Eurozone and avoiding "the Versailles Treaty of the Eurozone," in which case the "No" side would win.
[285] Macron has rejected centrist as a label,[286] although political scientist Luc Rouban has compared his platform to former centrist president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who is the only other French president to have been elected on a centrist platform.
[342] He also said: "A red line has been crossed, which is unacceptable. "[278] With the launch of his independent candidacy and his use of anti-establishment rhetoric, Macron has been labelled a populist by some observers, notably Manuel Valls, but Macron rejects this term. [151][152] The magazine Marianne has reported that BFMTV, whose owner is Patrick Drahi, has broadcast more coverage of Macron than all four main candidates combined,[153] Marianne has said this may be due to Macron's campaign having links with Drahi through a former colleague of Drahi, Bernard Mourad. [122][123][124], Shortly after announcing his run, Jean-Christophe Cambadélis and Manuel Valls both asked Macron to run in the Socialist Party presidential primary though Macron ultimately refused.
A woman who can laugh at her age instead of running to the surgeon is gold.
[115], Macron first showed intention to run with the formation of En marche but following his resignation from the government, he was able to spend more time dedicating himself to his movement. [181][182][183] He is also the first president of France born after the establishment of the Fifth Republic in 1958.
[386], In 2016, Macron proposed that France "secures its supplies in the most strategic materials using three levers: the circular economy and the recovery of materials contained in the end of life of the products [...]; the diversification of supplies to overcome geopolitical risks [...] and to bring more competitiveness; the creation of new reasonably-sized mines in France, while following the best social and environmental standards". [209] In November 2019, Macron introduced new immigration rules to restrict the number of refugees reaching France, while stating to "take back control" of the immigration policy. It was a night like no other and I have no doubt all the fashionistas went home in love with these presidential lovebirds. [46] Macron had been a member of the Socialist Party since he was 24 but he only renewed his subscription to the party from 2006 to 2009. Les images du mariage d'Emmanuel Macron et de Brigitte Trogneux diffusées, "Emmanuel Macron – The new French minister of the economy", "Emmanuel Macron's Unexpected Shot at the French Presidency", "Brigitte Macron – Trogneux : le rôle essentiel de la femme d'Emmanuel Macron", "Emmanuel Macron and the Barren Elite of a Changing Continent", "Henry Hermand, acteur de la deuxième gauche et mentor d'Emmanuel Macron, est mort", "Décès de Henry Hermand, le bienfaiteur de Macron", "Emmanuel Macron : Le cerveau droit de Hollande", "In France, a Stark Debate and a Stark Choice", "Something You Didn't Know About Emmanuel Macron: He's A Pianist", "La Culture selon Emmanuel Macron. His first responsibility at Rothschild & Cie Banque was assisting with the acquisition of Cofidis by Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe. "Emmanuel Macron, le produit de l'année ? FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron was just 15 years old when he met his wife, Brigitte Trogneux, who is 25 years his senior. ? However, when Macron declared his candidacy for president, he claimed to only have around $350,000 in investments and a little over $100,000 in insurance policies as liquid assets. [339][340], In response to the death of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died of organ failure while in government custody, Macron praised Liu as "a freedom fighter". [404], Regarding support for Macron from religious groups, Jean-Dominique Durand—an expert on the history of contemporary Christianity and a deputy mayor of Lyon—said to The Washington Post: "What we have now is silence from the bishops.
[364], During a press conference with Vladimir Putin at the Palace of Versailles in May 2017, he condemned the Russian state media as "lying propaganda.
In June 2018, prior to meeting Pope Francis, he identified himself as an Agnostic Catholic. You can study music as much as you like but you will never be Mozart unless you are born with that musical gift . Since then, the now First Lady has played an essential role in the life of Mr. Macron. [392] In the same year, Macron announced that France would phase out coal power, with the target of shutting down all coal-fired power stations (which make up about 1% of French energy generation) by 2021. [47][48][49], Macron met François Hollande through Jean-Pierre Jouyet in 2006 and joined his staff in 2010. [104], On 30 August 2016, Macron resigned from the government ahead of the 2017 presidential election,[105][106] to devote himself to his En marche movement. Earlier that year, Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front, had stated in speeches that the government during WWII "was not France". Nothing else matters.
On his desk — Guha’s India after Gandhi in English, Histoire des Indes by Michel Angot in French, a very old, gold-plated photo of General De Gaulle, an ancient gold clock and a single frame with his wedding pictures. [303], Macron is in favor of tax cuts. Moreover, she seems like a good influence on him. [54] This was following the appointment of Jean-Pierre Jouyet as chief of staff.
He was then part of a Socialist-backed government; prominent members from that party, including Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, criticized that position.
He has held several top government positions and has also written a book of which he earns royalties from. Macron met his wife, when he was 15 and she was his 39-year-old drama teacher.
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[380], Ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Macron called for acceleration of the ecological transition and advocated a "balance between ecological imperatives and economic requirements", an objective that the French government seeks to achieve by fighting on "five fronts": "innovation", "simplification", "strengthening of our energy efficiency and [...] reduction of fossil fuel usage", "energy competitiveness" and "action in Europe and worldwide".
[44], In his youth, Macron worked for the Citizen and Republican Movement for two years but he never applied to be a member. In an interview with Elle magazine, Brigitte Macron said: “There are times in your life when you make vital choices. Why London 2012 are still the best Olympics of the 21st century for me.