Emmanuel Macron Biography Flash: Defying Washington and Banning Teen Social Media in Bold Power Play
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Emmanuel Macron Biography Flash: Defying Washington and Banning Teen Social Media in Bold Power Play
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Emmanuel Macron has spent the past few days in full statesman mode, with a dose of political risk that will almost certainly make the history books. According to Euronews and Le Monde, he used his annual speech to French ambassadors in Paris to accuse the United States of “breaking free from international rules” and “gradually turning away” from its allies, some of his sharpest public criticism of Washington yet. In that same address, he warned of a “temptation to divide up the world,” urged Europe to protect its own interests, and strongly defended the EU’s tough tech rules, the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, as tools to keep algorithms from quietly shaping democratic debate. Those remarks are already being framed by outlets like Radio New Zealand and France 24 as a defining statement of Macron’s late-presidency foreign policy doctrine: a more assertive, strategically autonomous Europe in a less predictable Western alliance.
On the diplomatic front, Macron also stepped into the role of war-time convenor. NATO’s official readout confirms he co‑hosted in Paris the so‑called “Coalition of the Willing” meeting on Ukraine with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, joined by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, to coordinate further military and political support for Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office reports that Zelenskyy met Macron in Paris to align positions on air defense needs and future negotiations, with Macron even floating the prospect of French troops helping guarantee Ukraine’s security in a post‑war settlement. Video from DWS News shows Macron personally greeting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Elysee ahead of that summit, a carefully choreographed image of Macron as hub of a new transatlantic‑plus coalition.
On the home front, he is also reshaping his domestic legacy around the digital lives of children. Reporting from Le Monde, Semafor, Cybernews, and The Jakarta Post describes a government bill, backed and championed by Macron, to **ban social media for under‑15s** and extend phone bans into high schools from 2026. The Council of State is reviewing the draft now, with parliamentary debate set for this month. Macron has repeatedly blamed social media for youth violence and mental‑health harms and, as Semafor quotes him, likened children on platforms to “a child in a Formula One car.” While some experts quoted in Le Monde warn a blanket ban could deepen social isolation or merely push behavior underground, the proposal is polling well and could become one of the most controversial but enduring domestic markers of his presidency.
There are, so far, no credible reports of major new business ventures or personal financial moves by Macron this week, and no verified social‑media gaffes or viral off‑the‑cuff moments beyond standard official clips and summit imagery. Any rumors suggesting otherwise have not been substantiated by reputable outlets and should be treated as speculation.
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