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Emmanuel Macron is determined to push his pensions reforms through parliament.

French pensions: Macron’s feud with the Far Left is reaching boiling point

Walter Ellis | France

One in five work days are being lost to strikes as Macron and his prime minister Elisabeth Borne dig in their heels over controversial reforms.

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on November 29, 2022.

Borne supremacy: Can Macron’s astute PM solve France’s pensions crisis?

Walter Ellis | France

As Macron’s representative on Earth, Elisabeth Borne has been tasked with tackling the thorniest issue of his time in office.

A model of President Emmanuel Macron stands on the theme wagon that runs under the motto 'En Marche!' while doing a Napoleon-like gesture in Mainz, Germany, 06 February 2018.

Emmanuel Macron sets the tone for five more turbulent years

Walter Ellis | France

The politics should be entertaining. The question is, can the people of France expect to benefit from the confusion?

PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 17, 2017 : Emmanuel Macron in meeting, the great gathering, at Paris Bercy, AccorHotels Arena, for the french presidential election of 2017 with his political party en marche.

Exhausted Macron isn’t in Johnson’s sorry state, but the going is tough in the Élysée

Walter Ellis | France

France is still bitterly divided and the President’s lack of a parliamentary majority is shaping up to be a colossal headache.