Tag: Emmanuel Macron

Governance International

Rebuilding France: Macron Vows to Fix What Rioters Burned

Mei Lin Chen

Reconstruction: the one industry guaranteed to boom PARIS, FRANCE – President Emmanuel Macron faces a formidable challenge following Saturday’s nationwide unrest, with French authorities attempting to restore public order, investigate widespread destruction and determine whether the country can still afford to repair everything after several hundred thousand citizens marched to complain that they could no longer afford anything. According to Euronews reporting on the destruction of Limoges Town Hall, the…

International Political

Right to Protest: Macron Backs It, Just Far From Macron

Julie de Burgh

French democracy stays committed to free expression, several kilometres from anyone in charge. PARIS, October 17, 2026 – President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed his commitment to the French people’s constitutional right to protest, following nationwide demonstrations that left his administration confronting the uncomfortable possibility that citizens might attempt to exercise that right within shouting distance of government offices. Approximately 550,000 demonstrators, according to Deutsche Welle, took part in protests against…

Culture International News

French Abandon Socialism for Shamanism

Siobhan O’Donnell

France Rejects Socialism for Shamanism At Least the Spirits Admit They Are Entering an Altered State LONDON — France formally abandoned socialism Tuesday after government officials concluded that speaking with spirits offered a more realistic path to prosperity than speaking with economists. The transition was, by all accounts, overdue. France has now had five prime ministers in under two years, a budget deficit threatening to reach 5.4 percent of GDP, and a retirement-age…