The scene, captured from afar on video and shown on French TV, evoked images of Charles de Gaulle seeking solace in the wind-swept plains of Ireland after his resignation in the late 1960s — a leader retreating inward as his political era drew to a close.

The president's unpopularity means those who associate themselves with him risk a beating at France's 2027 election, writes the BBC's.

Since we filed this lawsuit, Ms. Owens has only strengthened our case by doubling down on, and escalating, her knowingly false and defamatory rhetoric against the Macrons,” counsel for the couple said.

French President Emmanuel Macron uses the UN General Assembly to position France as an alternative global power, renewing calls for Palestinian state recognition.

The president has lost his fourth prime minister in just over a year, a sign of the political crisis has constrained his options for pulling France out of a fiscal spiral.

French President Emmanuel Macron is weighing an increasingly limited selection of undesirable options to keep the French government functioning as the parliament continues to tear itself asunder. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu,

After eight years in office, Emmanuel Macron's position as president is coming under increasing pressure as France's political crisis escalates.