The figure of the current president of France is a bright person and attracting interest not only from his compatriots, but from many other people from around the world. Emmanuel Macron, whose biography will be examined in detail in this article, is a young, energetic, and ambitious politician. His life has recently been under the gun of the media and average people. Join them.
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Emmanuel Macron (his biography may well be an example to follow) was born on December 21, 1977 in the French city of Amiens. His father is a professor of neurology, Jean-Michel Macron, and his mother is a doctor, Francoise Macron-Noguez. By religion, Emmanuel considers himself a Catholic.
Education
Almost his entire school life was spent in a local Christian high school. But already in high school, the future politician became a student of an elite lyceum, bearing the name of Henry IV. After his graduation, the young man began to deeply study philosophy at a university called Paris X-Nanterre, and then began to delve into the intricacies of public relations at the Institute for Political Studies, located in the capital. In the period from 1997 to 2001, Macron was an assistant to the famous philosopher Paul Ricoeur. In 2004, the young man graduated from the National School of Administration.
Start of work
How did Emmanuel Macron begin his adult life? His biography says that his first official job was the position of financial inspector in the Ministry of Economy in the period 2004-2008. Presidential Adviser Jacques Attali personally invited him to this department. After that, the young talent became an investment banker at the Rothschild & Cie Banque institution, where for his active work he received a very respectful nickname from his colleagues - “Financial Mozart”.
First steps in politics
Macron's activities in this field started in 2006. It was then that he ended up in the ranks of the Socialist Party of France , where he spent the next three years. But here it is immediately worth noting the fact that many French print media pointed out: Emmanuel did not pay membership dues and did not participate in any public events.
Transition to a new job
In 2012, Macron is at the next duty station - in the Champs Elysees. Its head was none other than the then-acting head of the republic, François Hollande. Emmanuel at that time began to replace the chief secretary of the president. Our hero stayed in this statue for two years, namely until the summer of 2014. And a couple of months after the dismissal, he became the youngest minister of the state, taking the post of head of the economic department.
Once in power, Emmanuel began to initiate the adoption of a number of laws, among which was a document enshrining the amendments regarding trade, transport, business, construction and other things. The so-called "Macron Law" provided for permission to conduct stores trading on Sundays 12 times a year, and not 5, as it was before. As for the tourist areas of the country, then these restrictions were completely lifted there. In addition, the document contained a clause that read about the creation of cheap intercity bus services, significant liberalization of lawyers, appraisers and other representatives of “free” professions. According to the minister, this should have led to lower prices for their services. At the same time, the law was perceived by society ambiguously and provoked various mass demonstrations and protests.
A year later, Emmanuel Macron, whose career at that time was going uphill, created a political force called "Forward!" In the fall of 2016, the politician nominated himself for the presidency. Moreover, during the preparation of the election program, he managed to release the book “Revolution”, in which he laid out in great detail all the subtleties of the vision of the future of the country. This publication was immediately sold in colossal circulation and was recognized as a true political bestseller.
Election campaign
What did Macron Emmanuel offer his voters? The President of France, in his opinion, should have provided:
- growth of wages of workers with low incomes;
- expand the list of services included in compulsory health insurance;
- increase the number of teachers and police officers;
- attract investment in the agricultural sector;
- abolish pension benefits for public servants;
- reduce the tax for the most wealthy citizens;
- consistently reduce the state budget deficit, on which the European Union insisted.
At the same time, during the race for the presidency, Emmanuel’s headquarters repeatedly accused the Russian media of allegedly spreading untrue rumors about their candidate. Following the results of the first round, Macron went to the second, where he was able to get around his rival in the person of Marine Le Pen. Moreover, the separation of young talent was almost twofold. In many ways, the experts explained that the voters were simply afraid of the relative instability that could threaten them if Marin came to power.
On the top
Macron Emmanuel - President of France - spent his first working day in this position on May 14, 2017. He turned out to be at the moment the youngest head of the republic in his history. After he officially entered into the law, he even immediately held telephone talks with top officials of the UK, USA, Turkey, Germany and Canada. The next day, he went to Berlin, where he talked with Angela Merkel. The German Chancellor, in turn, also greeted her colleague and noted the high degree of importance of relations between their states.
Two days later, Macron held a business meeting with the President of the European Union, Pole Donald Tusk. Together, they announced their desire to strengthen the Eurozone.
On May 18, 2017, Emmanuel Macron, whose biography had already shone on the pages of leading world newspapers by that time, had a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin and discussed with him issues of resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
A week later, the Frenchman visited the NATO summit, where he spoke with US President Trump and Turkish President Erdogan.
An interesting scandalous fact is also associated with Macron. When an African journalist asked him how many powers are ready to provide assistance to the African continent like the Marshall Plan, Emmanuel replied that he did not consider this project effective. Moreover, the problems of Africa are quite “civilized”. For this, users of social networks considered the president an absolute racist. In addition, Macron called the birth of African women for 7-8 children incorrect.
And after the G20 summit, Emmanuel condemned Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement .
Political Views
Emmanuel Macron, whose personal life has recently become the subject of numerous public discussions, is a true Europhile and Atlantist. He does not recognize the existence of a Palestinian state and is a supporter of the tough fight against terrorism. At the same time, he adheres to a policy aimed at accepting immigrants. He believes that it is necessary to increase funding for special services, police and military. He insists on restricting the attraction of foreign investment and is negative about the open demonstration of religious feelings by believers, but at the same time believes that the current laws are tough enough for believers.
Family status
Who is Macron Emmanuel married to? With his wife, the age difference is 24 years. However, today it is difficult to meet a person who does not know the name of his wife. Brigitte Tronier - that is the name of the legitimate half of the current president of France. The story of their love deserves a separate story.
Macron fell in love with his chosen one while still a fifteen-year-old boy. And he was not a bit embarrassed by the fact that she was his teacher, was a married lady and had three children. And at the age of seventeen, the young man completely confessed his feelings to Brigitte Tronier.
However, Emmanuel's parents were against this state of affairs and sent the guy to study in Paris. In many ways, the grandmother of the young man contributed to getting a place in an elite educational institution. Leaving for the capital, Macron, in love, told Brigitte that he would marry her anyway. It is not known whether this recognition served as a signal for her, but after a while she divorced her husband, from whom she gave birth to three children.
It is worth noting that the woman’s parents have been owners of pastry shops for five generations and received fame for their almond cakes and pasta. It is because of this that subsequently a couple of Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron, some venomous persons, in principle, very often referred to as "pasta".
Ultimately, lovers legalized their relationship in 2007. Thus, the now famous politician kept his word given many years ago as a teenager. And despite criticism, Macron Emmanuel and his wife (age difference does not matter to them) have been living soul to soul for ten years now.
What, then, is the father and head of the Emmanuel Macron family? The children of his wife from his first marriage became for him like relatives. But the president does not yet have any heirs to blood.