Emmanuel Macron filed a lawsuit against Candace Owens for defamation over her false claims about his wife, Brigitte

This has become so widespread in the United States that we had to react,’ the French president says in his first public remarks about the case

After Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday sent a letter accusing Emmanuel Macron of fuelling anti-Semitism in France by calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state, the French presidency snapped back with a statement calling the Israeli leader's claims "abject" and "erroneous".

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said he and his wife Brigitte decided to sue Candace Owens to defend the truth in the face of the hard-right provocateur’s repeated assertions that the French first lady was assigned male at birth.

France slams as “abject” and “erroneous” an accusation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that President Emmanuel Macron’s move to recognize a Palestinian state was fueling antisemitism in his country.

Emmanuel Macron cuts through waves in the south of France on a hydrofoil board - FRAT/Backgrid Emmanuel Macron has been pictured making a splash during his surfing holiday in the south of France. The images,

French President Emmanuel Macron, at peace talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other EU leaders on Monday, proposed a future four-way meeting about Ukraine that would include Europe.

In early August 2025, France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, announced they were abandoning their 22-count defamation lawsuit against U.S. far-right commentator Candace Owens, who spread the false claim that Brigitte Macron was a trans woman.

French President Emmanuel Macron shared a letter addressed to the leader of the Palestinian Authority on Thursday, citing a need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

French President Emmanuel Macron called Monday for stepping up sanctions against Russia if its leader Vladimir Putin does not move forward on peace with Ukraine.