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Emmanuel Macron — news, coverage & facts — IJR

Notable quotes

“She broke down barriers … She became part of the hearts and minds of French people ... Josephine Baker, you enter the Pantheon because while you were born American, deep down there was no one more French than you.”
— Emmanuel Macron, as quoted in "Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be inducted into France's Pantheon", NPR (30 November 2021)
“Ce soir, on sait qu'au moins un policier a été tué, qu’un autre a été blessé. Cet impondérable, cette menace fera partie du quotidien des prochaines années. Je témoigne toute ma solidarité à l’égard de nos forces de police, de nos forces de l’ordre. J'ai une pensée pour la famille de la victime.”
— This evening, we know that at least one police officer was killed, and another injured. This imponderable problem, this menace will be part of our daily lives for the years to come. I express all my support in this regard for our police forces and the forces of law and order. I am thinking of the victim's family.”
“Climate change adds further injustice to an already unfair world.”
— Cited in: Damian Carrington, "Climate change will determine humanity's destiny, says Angela Merkel", , 15 November 2017 (page visited on 15 November 2017).
“Il faut pouvoir tenir. Si on prend des mesures qui sont très contraignantes, ce n'est pas tenable dans la durée.”
— You have to be able to hold on. If we take measures that are very restrictive, they will not be sustainable over time.
“Déléguer notre alimentation, notre protection, notre capacité à soigner notre cadre de vie au fond à d'autres est une folie. Nous devons en reprendre le contrôle, construire plus encore que nous ne le faisons déjà une France, une Europe souveraine, une France et une Europe qui tiennent fermement leur destin en main.”
— To delegate our alimentation, our protection, or our ability to take care for our living environment to others is madness. We must take back control, build a France, a sovereign Europe, even more than what we already did, a France and a Europe which firmly hold their destiny in their hands.
“My thoughts go out to the families of the victims of the terrible accident that took place last night near Larissa. France stands alongside the Greeks.”
— At least 36 dead, scores injured as trains collide in Greece By Heather Chen, Chris Liakos, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jennifer Hauser and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (March 1, 2023)

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