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Exit polls show Emmanuel Macron winning the French presidential election with a majority of 58% of votes. Macron becomes the first incumbent President to win re-election since Jacques Chirac's victory in the 2002 French presidential election against Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen's father.
2022-04-24

During an official visit to Kigali, French President Emmanuel Macron admits French involvement in the Rwandan genocide. Macron is the first French president to visit Rwanda in ten years, with relations between the two countries having deteriorated following the genocide.
2021-05-27

The French National Assembly overwhelmingly approves new nationwide lockdown measures that were announced yesterday by President Emmanuel Macron by a vote of 399 to 27. Under the new measures, French schools will require all students aged six and over to wear face masks in the classroom.
2020-10-29

A history teacher is stabbed and decapitated near a school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Île-de-France, France. The killer is shot dead by police. The anti-terrorism prosecutor investigates the murder, which is described by President Emmanuel Macron as an "Islamist attack". The victim is believed to have shown caricatures of Islam's prophet Muhammad to his students during a lesson.
2020-10-16

During his visit to West Africa, French President Emmanuel Macron says that French forces killed 33 Islamist militants in central Mali earlier that day.
2019-12-21

A police sniper accidentally fires his weapon while changing position and injures two people during a speech by French President François Hollande in Villognon.
2017-02-28

The President of France François Hollande warns that France "will not tolerate" acts that threaten its security following claims by Wikileaks that the United States spied on him and his two predecessors Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac between 2006 and 2012.
2015-06-24

Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is held for questioning over alleged corruption.
2014-07-1

Former President of France Jacques Chirac is found guilty of embezzlement and violating trust due to his hiring members of his party to fill non-existent jobs while Mayor of Paris.
2011-12-15

Former President of France Jacques Chirac faces charges that related to alleged use of Paris city government resources to benefit his Rally for the Republic party while serving as Mayor of Paris.
2011-03-7