10 Quotes & Sayings By Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron was born on 22 December 1977 in Amiens, France. He is a French politician. He served as the eleventh President of France from 2017 to 2018. His father, Jean-Pierre, worked as a banker. His mother was a "culture vulture" who enjoyed reading and visiting art galleries Read more

He was educated at the Lycée Pierre-Corneille in Amiens, where he developed an interest in Classics, and then at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), where he earned a master's degree in Philosophy and a Diploma of International Relations. Macron had been a member of the Socialist Party since 2007. In 2010, he was appointed Secretary General of the Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign and became Chief Strategist to President Sarkozy from 2011 to 2014. In 2014, he resigned from his positions as adviser to President François Hollande to become independent politician and start his own political movement called "En Marche!" In 2016, he ran for President as the candidate for the En Marche! party.

He won the 2017 French presidential election with 66% of the vote against Marine Le Pen and her far-right National Front party. He was sworn in as President on 14 May 2017 and took office on 14 May 2017 for a five-year term. Macron's career began with his service as an investment banker at Rothschild & Cie Banque (now Rothschild & Cie Banque). From 2002 to 2004, Macron served as Deputy Director and Director of Intelligence Analysis at Danone Group (now Danone Group).

He also served as an advisor to Xavier Niel’s Internet company Free!. In 2007, Macron founded "an independent consulting firm", "E&Y", which provided international financial consultancy services to public and private companies. He established E&Y France in 2008 and later set up E&Y France Asia in Hong Kong in 2010.

In 2012, Macron established Quartet Consulting and later established Quartet Asia (MOP) in Hong Kong; he also founded Quartet West Asia (MOP) in Bahrain; Quartet East Asia (MOP) in Shanghai; Quartet South Asia (MOP) in Mumbai; Quartet Central Asia (MOP) in Tashkent; and E&Y Central Europe (MOP) in Prague. In 2011, Macron published "The Path to Glory", an account of his experiences working for Mr

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We have to provide more visibility, more certainty to the investors and reduce the cost of failure. Emmanuel Macron
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It's about our ability precisely to integrate a people and offer jobs, and that, for me, is one of the key rationales of the reforms I'm pushing, and I'm a strong believer in that when you lift barriers, when you deregulate a lot of stuff, basically you improve the equality of opportunities. Emmanuel Macron
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I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me. Emmanuel Macron
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Believe in individual initiatives, in courage, in risk. Emmanuel Macron
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You can block a marriage, but you cannot force a marriage. Emmanuel Macron
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When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants. Emmanuel Macron
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To avoid the trap of Europe fragmenting on the economy, security, and identity, we have to return to the original promises of the European project: peace, prosperity and freedom. We should have a real, adult, democratic debate about the Europe we want. Emmanuel Macron
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A romantic or classical view of the French approach would have been to say, 'It's a French company; let no one attack it. Let's block any merger. But the reality is Alcatel-Lucent is not a French company; it's a global company. Its main markets are China and the U.S. Its ownership is foreign; most of its managers aren't French. Emmanuel Macron
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Our interests lie in attracting added value and talent to France as a result of Brexit, but also in having a balanced relationship with Great Britain. We must not sacrifice the short term for our bilateral relationship. Emmanuel Macron