Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte visit Lithuania

French First Lady Brigitte Macron, 67, looks radiant in a powder blue ensemble as she joins her husband President Emmanuel Macron, 42, on a visit to Lithuania Brigitte and Emmanuel visited Lithuania’s president Gitanas Nauseda and wife The French First Lady accepted a pen from her husband, 42, to sign guest book They were visiting their … Read more

French First Lady Brigitte Macron reveals she was scared after the birth of her first child

French First Lady Brigitte Macron, 67, reveals she felt ‘helpless and scared’ after she gave birth to her first child aged 21 in a rare new interview Brigitte Macron, 67, opened up about giving birth for the first time aged 21  In 1975, she gave birth to her first son Sebastien a year after her … Read more

Macron warns France faces another national lockdown after 7,379 cases in 24 hours

France has seen its highest number of coronavirus cases in five months as Emmanuel Macron insisted the country was doing ‘everything to avoid another lockdown’. Some 7,379 people were found to have been infected with the virus across the Channel on Friday – just shy of the record 7,578 high set on March 31. The … Read more

Turkey accuses France of ‘bullying’ after Macron sent navy to Mediterranean

A Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a mild collision on Wednesday during a standoff in the eastern Mediterranean, in what a Greek defence source called an accident but Ankara described as a provocation. Tensions between the NATO allies have risen this week after Turkey sent a survey vessel to the region, escorted … Read more

Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte take a break in the Cote d’Azur

Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte soaked up the sunshine on a Mediterranean summer holiday while France battles to contain a surge in coronavirus cases. The French president, 42, took a shirtless ride on a jet ski while Brigitte, 67, relaxed on a boat off the island of Porquerolles off France’s Mediterranean coast.  The couple … Read more

Emmanuel Macron is accused of trying to reconquer Lebanon rather than help it

French president Emmanuel Macron has been accused of trying to reconquer Lebanon rather than help it in the wake of the devastating explosion at its capital which killed 150 people.  It comes as the country is expected to refuse humanitarian aid from Israel because the two neighbours are technically still at war.  Visiting explosion-ravaged Beirut this … Read more

Ministers told UK was on brink of running out of food after Macron warned he would close borders

Macron ‘forced Boris’s hand on lockdown’ by threatening to close border and ministers were told Britain was on brink of running out of food Matt Hancock was told at start of crisis UK’s food supply chain about to ‘fall over’ Macron warned to act now or France will close borders – 3 days before lockdown … Read more

Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte are surrounded by anti government protesters chanting ‘resign’

French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte were at the centre of an astonishing security scare when furious anti-government swarmed towards them in a Paris park. ‘Macron Resign’ was the chant as the 42-year-old head of state and the first lady, who is 67, were approached in the Tuileries Garden, close to the Elysée … Read more

Masks could soon become compulsory in France, Macron says

Face masks could soon become compulsory in France, Emmanuel Macron has said. The French president used a rare TV interview on Bastille Day to come out in favour of a law that would compel people to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces – such as in shops and bars. Macron said he would like … Read more

Emmanuel Macron and his wife watch scaled-down Bastille Day celebrations

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron oversaw slimmed-down Bastille Day celebrations in Paris today as France marked its most important national day in unusual fashion.  An hour-long military parade took place in Place de la Concorde, the city’s largest square, as opposed to the Champs Elysees – the first time since 1945 that the street has not … Read more