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Emmanuel Macron: the youngest president in the history of France
The first time he held this position was on May 7, 2017, when he was under 40 years old.
Macron is characterized by being bold and with an ambiguous ideology, with certain social democratic features.
Emmanuel Macron is the son of Francoise Nogués, a medical specialist, and Jean-Michel Macron, a neurologist. He was born in Amiens on December 21, 1977, where he spent his entire childhood.
Immanuel Studies
He studied at La Providence Catholic School. At that time, Macron was an exemplary student with awards for his talent and enviable grades.
In 1998, he decided to start his university studies at the University of Nanterre, Paris. From that moment, he began studying Political Science.
Later, in 2002, Macron approved the competition to join the National School of Administration (ENA). This is an institution in which great French politicians have attended.
Thus, he managed to spend two years with his fellow students in the recent facilities of the Strasbourg school. Great leaders of France graduated from this great institution.
In 2004, he finished his studies at the ENA and went on to become a newly graduated senior official of the class.
First steps in politics
His entry into the Socialist Party was in 2006, when he was part of the opposition.
After many years participating, he was never part of the party's candidates in local elections. That is why Macron decided to join the commission in 2007.
This was led by Jacques Attali, an economist, and by Nicoles Sarkozy, president at the time. Thanks to this, he was able to meet great people from the administrative and business world.
Over time, it was included in new businesses. One of them was in 2008, when he became an investment banker at Banque Rothschild.
In this way, it would be able to participate in different operations with large clients. Some of them are: Atos and Nestle.
Emmanuel as Deputy Secretary General
Emmanuel Macron was one of the first people to sympathize and show his support for François Hollande, when he decided to be a presidential candidate for the Socialist Party.
After the elections won, Macro is appointed deputy general secretary of the Elysée Palace, by François Hollande. This is one of the most important positions in the president's environment.
However, in June 2014, Emmanuel decides to leave the post, after being disappointed not to have been appointed minister, after working hard with Hollande.
He assured at that time that he would proceed to dedicate himself to certain personal projects in the educational world.
Emmanuel: Youngest Economy Minister
After two months of having left the Elysee, Manuel Valls, Prime Minister, proposed that he join his government.
The proposal was made up of the Economy portfolio. In this way, Macron becomes the youngest Minister of the Economy in the history of France, in 50 years of the republic.
Emmanuel Macron negotiations
At the end of 2014, Emmanuel Macron was commissioned to star in the American firm General Electric, from the energy branch of Alstom.
This is responsible for the manufacture of turbines for French nuclear power plants. The decision taken was highly criticized, since it was dangerous for the strategic French independence.
Macron Law
After an intense debate between people in the French government, the 'Macron law' was enacted in 2015. This law was intended for the independence of economic activity.
Voters on the left were somewhat angered by this decision, due to its liberal bias.
One of its main key measures was the freedom of the coach market.
Creation of your political party
Macro has been a very ambitious man. In 2016, he took the step of creating his own political party 'En Marche'.
At the end of the summer of that year, he chose to resign from his position in the ministry. This he did primarily and solely to devote himself entirely to the new party. The 2017 presidential elections were drawing near.
In this way, on November 16, 2016, he made the official announcement of his candidacy for the Elysee. A few days later, François Hollande decides to give up his presentation.
Macron's candidacy
On April 23, 2017, Emmanuel led the first round of elections. This he did with a little more than 24% of the votes. Thus he proceeds to face Marine Le Pen in a second round.
Amid a tense atmosphere, on May 2, 2017, Macron won the second round. Approximately two-thirds of the votes cast were in his favor. A quarter of the voters.
First appearances as President of France
His first speech as president-elect was made from the Louvre pyramid. On May 14, 2017, a week after his victory, the transfer of power with François Hollande takes place.
In this way, Emmanuel Macron, 39, became the eighth president of the Fifth Republic and the youngest in French history.
Following his inauguration, Emmanuel Macron appointed Édouard Philippe as prime minister. That same day, he made his first official trip. Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
On July 13, 2017, the new French president gave a speech before the armed forces, confirming his intention to reduce the defense budget.
At that event, Pierre de Villiers, Chief of Staff, objected in front of the public and Macron immediately called him to order and indicated that he is his boss.
Months after his inauguration, Macron put into operation the reforms that he had announced in his presidential program. Especially the tax and labor code.
However, these were questioned by the opposition, who accused him of being nothing more than the president of the rich. This generated protests.
On September 26, 2017, Emmanuel gave a speech at the Soborna amphitheater, calling for the reinforcement of European integration.
Important facts
ZAD
As a method of protest against the new airport project in Nantes, a zone to defend (ZAD) was formed, with various activists encamped in charge of defending the land.
This was especially done at Notre-Dame-del-Landes, on January 17, 2018. President Macron chose to abandon the project. However, he ordered the gendarmes to vacate the area called 'ZAD'.
Benalla scandal
Emmanuel Macron's former bodyguard and security officer was caught beating demonstrators at the May 1 protests. At that time he was posing as a policeman.
He was in charge of calling this event 'Benalla Scandal', which happened in the summer of 2018.
yellow vests
A protest movement was responsible for spreading through all the streets of France, after an increase in fuel taxes and the extreme lowering of the maximum speed on departmental roads.
At the end of 2018, all the protesters wore the yellow vest of motorists and took charge of occupying all the country's squares, with gigantic and violent protests.
As a consequence, Emmanuel Macron announced certain measures to support the purchasing power of humble citizens.
presidential debate
Due to a major crisis in the country, Emmanuel Macron decided to hold a 'great national debate'.
This was done at the beginning of 2019, with the purpose of offering real and lasting answers to the political and social crisis.
Failure of the pension reform
After the announcement by the executive regarding the pension reform, strong opposition was generated from unions and professions.
After many several months of conflict, in March 2020 the reform was suspended, after the arrival of the Coronavirus.
Coronavirus in France
On March 16, 2020, the president announced through a television intervention, the new unprecedented measures, as a method of protecting the population.
The population was forced to remain confined to their homes, except for those who exercised essential trades.
On July 6, 2020, Emmanuel Macron appointed Jean Castex as Prime Minister, who was in charge of organizing the lack of confidence. In this way, Castex began to fill the position of Édouard Philippe.
The extension of the sanitary pass to public places was announced on July 12, 2021.
The objective of this decision was for the French to improve the anima before vaccination.
Contest to empathize with young people
On May 23, 2021, the president decided to organize a trivia contest with Carlito and McFly.
This was done with the aim of improving its image among the youth population. This was recorded and broadcast live with the famous youtubers Carlito and McFly, from the Elysee.
The video gained more than 8 million views in the course of 24 hours, especially for an impromptu phone call to Kylian Mbappé.
France's relationship with other countries
Russia
Eager to restore the relationship between France and Russia, in the first weeks of the new mandate, Vladimir Putin was received by Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles.
The following summer, the two met again in the FIFA World Cup final in Russia.
USA
Emmanuel Macron did not agree with President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris agreements resulting from COP 21.
The president of France decided to send a message through Twitter in which he indicated ' Make our Planet great again ' ('Make our planet great again').
This would be a nod to the slogan Trump used during his campaign that said ' Make America great again ' ('Make America great again').
Love life
Emmanuel Macron met the love of his life at Catholic school. Brigitte Trogneux, was a special French teacher. After a while, they started their love relationship.
Brigitte Marie-Trogneux, 69, was born in Amiens on April 13, 1953. She has three children from her previous marriage, who have an excellent relationship with Macron.
In addition, the seven grandchildren of Trogneux consider Macron as a grandfather.
Macron and Trogneux were married in Le Touquet, northern France on October 20, 2007.
