French President Emmanuel Macron responded to the Russian army's overnight shelling of Ukraine by noting that Russia "has once again shown that it does not truly share the desire for peace" and expressed "full support" for the Ukrainian people.
OTOH, I don’t think we’ve ever liked any of our presidents. Their approval ratings are so abysmal that they would horryfy US politicians (where 40% is low). Macron is quite bad, but is he actually worse than the rest? We might end up regretting him when LePen gets elected in a couple years.
I think he demonstrates global leadership in a number of things, but leadership of France on a range of things including privacy is not good.
i approve at what you say, yet, i would add :
… it might be impossible to be a loved president of a so much divided country as today’s France.
He is greatly responsible for the division.
Domestically, what has he done to be loved?
Easy to blame the country, but no one is entitled to be loved by default.
OTOH, I don’t think we’ve ever liked any of our presidents. Their approval ratings are so abysmal that they would horryfy US politicians (where 40% is low). Macron is quite bad, but is he actually worse than the rest? We might end up regretting him when LePen gets elected in a couple years.