Emmanuel Macron
President of France since 2017
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| June 9 2024 | Emmanuel Macron dissolved the French parliament and called for parliamentary elections in a national address, following poor Renaissance party performance in European Parliament election exit polls. He scheduled the first round of elections for 30 June and the second round for 7 July, advancing the original election timeline from 2027. |
| May 28 2024 | Gave Ukraine permission to use SCALP EG missiles against limited targets on Russian soil, restricted to military sites from which attacks are launched. |
| March 2024 | Defended the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the EU, praising it as a 'very good deal' after the French Senate voted against its ratification. |
| March 2024 | Agreed with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on cooperation for environmental issues, including transferring 1.1 billion dollars for preserving the Amazon rainforest. |
| February 2024 | Generated controversy during a meeting with European states by suggesting sending ground troops to Ukraine. |
| January 2024 | Macron requested Elisabeth Borne's resignation and replaced her with Gabriel Attal, making Attal the youngest head of government in French history and the first openly gay Prime Minister. |
| December 19 2023 | The French Parliament passed the revised immigration legislation with support from conservative and far-right parliamentary groups. |
| December 11 2023 | Macron's 'flagship' immigration bill was unexpectedly defeated in Parliament, sparking a major political crisis. |
| November 10 2023 | Called for a ceasefire and urged Israel to stop bombing Gaza and killing civilians. |
| October 24 2023 | Visited Israel to express solidarity following Hamas' assault, calling for the anti-ISIL coalition to fight Hamas. |
| August 2023 | Macron stated that France must significantly reduce immigration, particularly illegal immigration. |
| July 2023 | Postponed planned state visit to Germany due to ongoing Nahel M. riots. |
| July 20 2023 | Macron reshuffled the government, appointing eight new ministers including three senior Cabinet ministers, following violent protests over pension reform. |
| July 13 2023 | Parliament passed a multi-year military budget planning law, allowing a 40% increase in military spending to €413 billion over 2024–2030. |
| June 2023 | Hosted a global climate finance conference to address climate change and hunger, proposing international taxation and debt restructuring. |
| June 29 2023 | In response to riots following Nahel M.'s killing, Macron chaired an inter-ministerial crisis meeting and ordered 40,000 police officers deployed to stem widespread violence. |
| June 12 2023 | Promised to deliver more ammunition, weapons, and armed vehicles to Ukraine at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, including Scalp long-range cruise missiles. |
| June 12 2023 | Macron's Cabinet survived the 17th no-confidence motion during the 16th legislature, with the left-wing NUPES coalition's motion falling 50 votes short. |
| May 31 2023 | Visited the GLOBSEC forum in Bratislava, speaking on European sovereignty and suggesting that negotiating with Putin may be a priority. |
| April 12 2023 | Made a state visit to the Netherlands, the first by a French president in 23 years, during which he spoke on Europe and economic sovereignty. Was interrupted by protesters. |
| March 2023 | Macron's government passed a controversial law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, partly bypassing Parliament using Article 49.3 of the Constitution. |
| March 20 2023 | Macron's Cabinet survived a cross-party motion of no-confidence by nine votes, the slimmest margin since 1992. |
| March 16 2023 | France enacted a controversial law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, which sparked significant nationwide protests. |
| February 2023 | Welcomed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Paris to normalize relations between France and Ethiopia, which were strained by the Tigray War. |
| February 2023 | Macron's government introduced an immigration and asylum bill aimed at reforming deportation, asylum, and immigration processes. |
| 2022 | Macron and his wife attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. |
| 2022 | During the prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Macron spoke directly with Putin and later called on European leaders to maintain dialogue with him after the invasion began. |
| 2022 | France experienced a significant increase in foreign arrivals, with over 320,000 foreigners entering the country, predominantly from Africa. The increase was notably in student, family reunification, and labor migration categories. |
| November 2022 | Macron's government reformed French unemployment insurance. |
| October 23 2022 | Became the first foreign leader to meet Italian President Giorgia Meloni, one day after her swearing-in. |
| July 4 2022 | After failed talks to form a stable majority, Borne's government was reshuffled and continued as a minority government, the weakest Cabinet in the history of the French Fifth Republic. |
| June 19 2022 | Macron lost his parliamentary majority in the legislative election's second round, with his coalition winning only 251 seats, falling short of the 289-seat majority needed in the National Assembly. |
| June 16 2022 | Macron visited Ukraine with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and expressing 'European Unity'. He criticized nations remaining neutral in the Russo-Ukrainian War as making a historic mistake. |
| June 14 2022 | Macron delivered an unexpected speech calling for a 'solid majority' in the 'higher national interest', which was widely criticized as counterproductive. |
| June 12 2022 | First round of legislative elections, with Macron's centrist alliance nearly tied with Mélenchon's NUPES (25.8% vs 25.7%), and Le Pen's RN finishing third with 18.7%. |
| May 28 2022 | Macron faced criticism for the handling of the 2022 UEFA Champions League final chaos. |
| May 20 2022 | Élisabeth Borne formed a new government under Macron's presidency. |
| May 16 2022 | Jean Castex resigned as Prime Minister, and Emmanuel Macron appointed Élisabeth Borne as the new Prime Minister, making her only the second female PM in French history after Édith Cresson. |
| May 14 2022 | Macron's second presidential term officially began. |
| April 24 2022 | Macron was re-elected as President of France, winning 58.55% of the votes in the second round, becoming the first president to be re-elected since 2002. |
| April 10 2022 | First round of the French presidential election, where Macron topped the polls with 27.8% of the votes, defeating Marine Le Pen who finished second with 23.2%. |
| March 3 2022 | Emmanuel Macron formally announced his candidacy for the presidential election, after delaying his announcement due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| November 26 2021 | Macron cosigned the 'Quirinal Treaty' with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, aiming to promote coordination between France and Italy on European and foreign policies, security, and various collaborative areas. |
| September 17 2021 | France recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the US due to tensions over the AUKUS security pact, which involved Australia canceling a submarine deal with France. Later, Macron and President Biden agreed to reduce bilateral tensions. |
| July 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Macron's popularity increases, reaching a peak of 50%. |
| July 2020 | Macron called for sanctions against Turkey for violating Greece's and Cyprus' sovereignty, criticizing Turkish military intervention in Libya. |
| February 2020 | Macron adopted the pension overhaul by decree using Article 49 of the French constitution. |
| January 2020 | After weeks of protests against the pension plan, including transport shutdowns and vandalism in Paris, Macron compromised by revising the retirement age. |
| December 2019 | Macron announced plans to replace the existing 20th-century pension system with a single, state-managed national pension system. |
| November 2019 | Macron introduced new immigration rules designed to restrict the number of refugees entering France. |
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