Emmanuel Macron

France hails ‘hero with a backpack’ who intervened in knife attack on very young children

A 24-year-old Catholic pilgrim in France is being hailed as a hero after he intervened in a savage knife attack on very young children.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, center, speak at the National Assembly, Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Paris. French lawmakers are debating an opposition bill which aims to return the retirement age to 62 — it went up to 64 with Macron's unpopular reform. Legislators from centrist opposition group LIOT proposed the text, supported by leftists and the far-right. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

French pension reform opponents fail to pass repeal bill

Protesters march during a rally in Bayonne, southwestern France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. French unions are seeking to reignite resistance to President Emmanuel Macron's higher retirement age with what may be a final surge of nationwide protests and scattered strikes Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Protests in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age

FILE - Sheeps graze in the fields around the Mont Saint Michel, Wednesday, May 8, 2018, in western France. France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It's been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key Normandy tourism magnet is being celebrated until November with exhibits, dance shows and concerts. French President Emmanuel Macron is heading there on Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

France’s spectacular abbey Mont-Saint-Michel celebrates 1,000th birthday

FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens during an event at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, on May 29, 2023. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, says the main battle tanks and fighter jets the U.S. has promised to Ukraine won’t be ready in time for the imminent counteroffensive against Russia. Tank warfare will be key to Ukraine pushing Russia out of its territory, and the U.S. has begun training Ukrainian troops on M1A1 Abrams battle tank tactics. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Macron awards top U.S. general France’s highest honors

President Joe Biden, third left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and other G7 leaders pose for a photo before a working session on Ukraine during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Sunday, May 21, 2023. Other leaders from right to left, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Zelenskyy, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and European Council President Charles Michel. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, POOL)

Rare earths, Ukraine top agenda on French President Macron’s historic visit to Mongolia

BEIJING (AP) — Access to rare earth minerals and Russia’s war against Ukraine topped the agenda on French President Emmanuel Macron’s historic visit to Mongolia.

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Aluminium Dunkerque factory in Dunkirk, northern France, Friday, May 12, 2023. Macron announced two major investments in the Dunkirk region, both in the battery sector: one worth 5.2 billion euros by Taiwan's group Prologium, the other one via a joint venture of China's XTC with French giant Orano worth 1.5 billion euros. (Pascal Rossignol/Pool Photo via AP)

Macron vows to build back factories, boost France’s economy shaken by pension protests

French President Emmanuel Macron has ambitions to build factories to boost job creation and make his country’s economy more independent.

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews the troops during ceremonies marking Victory Day, Monday, May 8, 2023 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron presides over ceremonies in Paris and Lyon celebrating victory over the Nazis and commemorating victims of the Holocaust and French resistance fighters in World War II. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

Macron leads ceremony marking end of WWII in Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron has led the traditional ceremony on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, commemorating the day that marked the end of World War II in Europe in 1945.

FILE - The Constitutional Council is pictured in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. France's top constitutional body is to rule Wednesday May 3, 2023 on a last-ditch effort by opposition lawmakers to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's move to raise the retirement age to 64, through a possible referendum or new bill restoring the age to 62. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

French constitutional body rejects pension referendum call

France’s top constitutional body has rejected a last-ditch effort by opposition lawmakers to undo President Emmanuel Macron’s law raising the retirement age to 64.

People take a photographs of the Olympic rings in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. Olympic contestation is picking up online and starting to spill onto streets, because protesters are linking the Paris Games to unpopular pension reforms pushed through by French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Next frontier in France’s protests: Fake Olympic volunteers

Preparations in France for the 2024 Olympic Games had been going largely smoothly. That is starting to change.

Protesters march during a demonstration, Monday, May 1, 2023 in Paris. Across France, thousands marched in what unions hope are the country's biggest May Day demonstrations in years, mobilized against President Emmanuel Macron's recent move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Opponents make last-ditch effort to stop French pension law

Opponents of a law that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 are making last-ditch plans to prevent the change.

Youths move on the street during a demonstration, Monday, May 1, 2023 in Paris. Across France, thousands marched in what unions hope are the country's biggest May Day demonstrations in years, mobilized against President Emmanuel Macron's recent move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

May Day: World’s workers rally, France sees pension anger

Workers squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice marked May Day with rallies around the world.

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, greets people as he visits the Dole market before a visit to the Chateau de Joux, for a ceremony marking the 175th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in France,Thursday, April 27 April 2023 in Dole, eastern France. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

Saucepans clang anew in France against Macron’s pension law

PARIS (AP) — Protesters loudly banged pots and pans near a castle where French President Emmanuel Macron was to make a speech Thursday, in what has become a popular way to voice anger at a resented new law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.

A disable man is helped climbing the stair to access the platform Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the Melun train station, outside Paris. An influential disabled rights group in France is boycotting a conference on disability Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, amid frustration at dismal accessibility for people in wheelchairs and with other mobility challenges -- and years of unmet promises to make things better ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Disabled rights protests before Paris Olympics draw pledges

People in France with disabilities have protested by showing how difficult and frustrating it is for them to travel alone by train into Paris.

The access to a subway station is made possible only for pedestrians, Monday, April 24, 2023 in Paris. A rebuke from Europe's foremost human rights body and the looming deadline of what's billed as fully accessible Paris Olympics in 2024 are together upping pressure on President Emmanuel's government to better protect the rights of people with disabilities, as the French leader gathers campaigners together Wednesday at the Elysee Palace for France's first national conference on disabilities since the COVID-19 pandemic (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France under pressure over disabled rights as Olympics loom

French President Emmanuel Macron’s government is under pressure over the rights of people with disabilities as he hosts the country’s first national conference on the issue since the COVID-19 pandemic.

FILE - People bang pots and pans while French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in a televised address to the nation, Monday, April 17, 2023 in Paris. A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to express discontent with French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms. French demonstrations against raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 have morphed from lobbing paving stones, dodging tear gas and brandishing banners to something nearer the soul of the gastronomic nation: Making noise by banging kitchen saucepans. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Steely will: French bang pots, pans in fresh pension protest

A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to express its discontent with French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.

FILE - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, poses with French President Emmanuel Macron during a bilateral meeting in Biarritz, southwestern France, Monday Aug. 26, 2019. Trudeau, Macron, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will join business, political and philanthropic leaders, as well as celebrities, including Hugh Jackman and John Legend, for this year’s edition of the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York City starting April 27, 2023.(Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

Trudeau, Macron set for Global Citizen NOW conference in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will join business, political and philanthropic leaders, as well as celebrities, including Hugh Jackman and John Legend, for this year’s edition of the Glo

French President Emmanuel Macron listens to school children, parents and teachers as he visits a middle school, Thursday, April 20, 2023 in Ganges, southern France. Emmanuel Macron's trip to Ganges comes amid a concerted new effort by him and his government to put the furor caused by the pension change behind him. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)

Anger at new retirement age fuels further protests in France

Hundreds of protesters opposed to France raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 have demonstrated in a southern town during a visit by President Emmanuel Macron.

French President Emmanuel Macron argues with a person opposed to the pension reform, in Selestat, eastern France, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday April 17, 2023 that he heard people's anger over raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, but insisted that it was needed to keep the pension system afloat as the population ages. Emmanuel Macron is trying to repair the damage done to his public image and politics by forcing the pension plan through parliament last month. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

France’s Macron heckled by crowd angry over pensions

French President Emmanuel Macron has been met by hecklers and shouts for him to resign when he mingled a crowd in eastern France.

A woman bangs pots and pans while French President Emmanuel Macron seeks to diffuse tensions in a televised address to the nation, Monday, April 17, 2023 in Bayonne, southwestern France. French President Emmanuel Macron, who just enacted protest-igniting pension changes, is expected to provide details about his domestic policies in the coming months. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Macron says he hears France’s anger, but defends pension law

French President Emmanuel Macron says that he heard people’s anger over raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.

Demonstrators run in the tear gas during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Friday, April 14, 2023. France's Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a victory for President Emmanuel Macron after three months of mass protests over the legislation that have damaged his leadership. The decision dismayed or enraged critics of the pension plan, including protesters gathered outside Paris City Hall as the decision came down. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Macron’s unpopular pension plan enacted into French law

French President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 has been enacted into law.

A man cleans a carpet inside the Great Hall of the People prior to the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron, in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

AP PHOTOS: Behind the scenes as Macron visits China

Between the highly choreographed handshakes and scripted meetings, an Associated Press photojournalist who covered French President Emmanuel’s trip to China wanted to capture the moments surrounding the orchestrated diplomacy.

Demonstrate gather outside the Paris town hall, Friday, April 14, 2023 in Paris. France's Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64, in a victory for French President Emmanuel Macron after three months of mass protests over the legislation that have damaged his leadership. The move is likely to enrage unions and other opponents of the pension plan, including protesters gathered in spots around France on Friday evening as the decision came down.(AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Macron’s new pension age overcomes last hurdle amid protests

France’s Constitutional Council has approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64 that unleashed mass protests.

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, French Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak, left, French Army General Jean-Louis Georgelin, second left, Chief architect Philippe Villeneuve,, right, visit the restoration site at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, which was damaged in a devastating fire four years ago, Friday, April 14, 2023 in Paris. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool via AP)

France’s Macron tours Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction

French President Emmanuel Macron has toured the reconstruction works at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

A sculpture atop the entrance of the Constitutional Council is pictured in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The body' role is to make sure a bill is in line with the Constitution prior to enactment. French unions have staged Thursday a new round of nationwide protests, one day before an expected ruling of the country’s top constitutional body they hope will bring a halt to President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension plan. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Can France’s constitutional body halt disputed pension bill?

French unions are bracing for an expected ruling by a top constitutional body that they hope will derail President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform plan.

Protesters are seen through tear gas a demonstration, Thursday, April 13, 2023 in Paris. Protesters opposed to President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age in France marched Thursday in cities and towns around France in a final show of anger before a decision by the Constitutional Council on whether the measure meets constitutional standards. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Emotions high at French protests over Macron’s pension plan

Protesters opposed to President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64 have marched in cities and towns around France, in a final show of anger before a decision on whether the measure meets constitutional standards.

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the quantum gasses and quantum information lab of the Science faculty of the UvA, University of Amsterdam, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Mischa Schoemaker/Pool Photo via AP)

Emmanuel Macron says his position on Taiwan is unchanged

President Emmanuel Macron has insisted that his position on China and Taiwan has not changed. During a state visit to the Netherlands, Macron commented on an interview he gave after his trip to Beijing last week that had raised questions about his views.