Photo Gallery Macron Learns to Fight
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting as part of the "great debate" in Greoux Les Bains. In recent months, he has been taking part in discussions with citizens like these in an effort to pave the way forward after the divisive protests of the yellow vest movement.
French riot police clear a barricade after a violent encounter with yellow vest protesters. Two years after Macron's election as the youngest president in the country's history, France is perhaps even more divided than it had been before he arrived on the scene.
Yellow vests assembling at a protest in Paris. The violent protests by the movement continue. In one recent incident, newspaper stands in Paris were torched and shops were looted, although support for the protesters among the population has declined.
President Macron in Egypt during a state visit with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. French author Emmanuel Carrere wrote of Macron that "he could seduce a chair."
