Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron
Born	(1977-12-21) December 21, 1977 Amiens, Somme, France
Nationality	French
Political orientation	Imperialism Neocolonialism Neoliberalism
Political party	Renaissance

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as the President of France since 2017. Previously he served as Minister of Economics and Finance under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016 and has been a member of Renaissance since founding the party in 2016. In 2018 he raised taxes on the poor and attempted to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65, causing the Yellow Vest protests.

Since the 2024 snap election France has been in a period of political crisis due to Macron losing his parliamentry majority. Macron has appointed a series of short lived Prime Ministers, most recently Sébastien Lecornu, but due to his refusual to compromise with other parties, his lack of government has empowered the far-right. Macron has been labelled the "worst" president of the Fifth Republic by former ally Alain Minc due to his reckless decision making and his denial of his own political failure.

Presidency

Elections

2017

In the first round of the 2017 presidential election, Macron received 24% of the vote, far-right Marine Le Pen received 21%, and establishment rightist François Fillon and democratic socialist Jean-Luc Mélenchon each received 20%. His surprise victory in a traditionally two-party system drastically changed the French political scene.

2022

In the first round in 2022, Macron won 27.85% of the vote, Len Pen won 23.15%, and Mélenchon won 21.95%. In the second round, Macron defeated Le Pen with 58.5% of the vote.

Foreign policy

In foreign affairs Macron developed a reputation of diplomatic incompetence, abandoning traditional French policy of neutrality on various issues advantageous to imperialism due to his impulsive need to tout French superiority. Examples of this include when he made a speech in Burkina Faso where he made offensive remarks and demanded that they be more grateful to the French soldiers stationed there. During the 2017 presidential election, Macron was more pragmatic, declaring that France’s colonisation of Algeria was a ‘crime against humanity’, but in 2021, once in power, he questioned Algeria’s existence as a nation before colonization.

Macron is committed to the defence of imperialist allies Ukraine and Israel, having suggested sending troops to fight both Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian War, and to fight Hamas in Palestine, in contrast Macron dragged his feet on recognising even the comprador government of the Palestinian Authority. Macron also messed in the affairs of Lebanon after an explosion in the Beirut on August 4, 2020, demanding that they form a government, and when no progress was made due to his meddling, he threw a tantrum.

In the Pacific, France was embarrased internationally by the formation of AUKUS in 2021 which subsequently led to Australia breaking a contract to buy diesel submarines from France. Macron also continued the colonial policy towards Kanaky of his predecessors and exaserbated it by giving Europeans increased voting power, sparking riots which were brutually crushed by the police.

In Latin America Macron displayed disinterest, only making his first state visit to Brazil in 2024, though previously he has argued with Jair Bolsonaro over climate change to position himself as a defender against the far-right. In 2019, he tried to appease Donald Trump by recognising Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president, instead of Nicolás Maduro, but was forced to back down after needing Venezualan oil to replace Russian oil due to sanctions.