Biography Flash: Macron Positions France as Europe's Defender Amid US Drift and Social Media Crackdown

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Emmanuel Macron has spent the past few days positioning himself as Europe’s chief strategist in a world he openly describes as sliding back into great‑power carve‑ups. In his annual address to French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace, reported by Le Monde, Euronews, and AFP, he accused the United States of “breaking free from international rules” and “gradually turning away” from its allies, framing Washington’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and renewed designs on Greenland as proof that multilateral institutions are weakening and Europe must learn to defend its own interests long term. According to AFP coverage carried by RNZ and The Straits Times, he used that same speech to double down on Brussels’ Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, insisting Europe needs a “controlled information space” where debate is free but not dictated by Big Tech algorithms, a line that neatly links his foreign policy doctrine to his domestic crusade against online harms.

On the Ukraine front, NATO and Ukrainian presidential readouts show Macron co‑hosted a high‑stakes “Coalition of the Willing” meeting in Paris on 6 January with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, joined by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to coordinate additional air defences and broader security guarantees for Kyiv. NATO’s account and Ukrainian officials highlight that Macron is now openly backing the idea of French troops helping guarantee any future peace, a move with clear long‑term biographical weight if it marks a new phase of French forward deployment.

Visually, he has been very much on stage: DWS News video from Paris shows Macron personally welcoming Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Elysee ahead of that summit, working the courtyard like a seasoned host as leaders arrived for bilateral meetings, a family photo, and a joint statement on global security.

At home, Macron is again trying to remake how France’s young live online. Le Monde, The Jakarta Post, Semafor, and other outlets report that his government has just introduced legislation, backed by the president, to **ban social media for under‑15s** and extend phone bans to high school, with the Council of State examining the draft and parliamentary debate due this month. He has cast the measure as a way to “protect our children and teenagers from social media and screens,” and polling cited in The Jakarta Post suggests the move could be one of the few popular planks in an otherwise battered domestic legacy. Cybernews notes that the bill would put France alongside Australia at the forefront of global efforts to push minors off mainstream platforms.

There are, so far, no verified major new business ventures or personal‑life bombshells linked to Macron in the past few days; any rumors in that direction remain unconfirmed and firmly in the realm of speculation.

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