French President Emmanuel Macron has called out the free speech arguments touted by social media giants to justify controversial content on their sites in bruising remarks that put the European leader on a collision course with the Trump administration.

French President Emmanuel Macron sharply criticized unrestricted free speech, calling it “pure bullshit,” as his government seeks to expand its power to regulate speech more broadly, both online and offline.

E UROPE IS facing a “geopolitical and geo-economic state of emergency”, declares Emmanuel Macron. If the continent does not invest in its economy and lift barriers to growth more quickly, it will be “swept aside” by technology from America and imports from China.

It was the latest rebuke of social media platforms by the French president, who has been an ardent supporter of social media bans recently.

Emmanuel Macron stepped up his criticism of France Unbowed (LFI), linking the leftist party’s stance to broader concerns about antisemitism in public life.

Emmanuel Macron has defended the EU AI Act against critics who argue that it stifles innovation and hampers Europe’s efforts to regulate AI. His prime motive is to create a trusted

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said that overconfidence led him astray in some of his decision-making in an interview published Wednesday. “Each time I was overconfident, I made mistakes, big mistakes,” Macron told online Indian outlet Brut India during his four-day trip to the subcontinent.

French president rejects US criticism as António Guterres and Narendra Modi warn on child safety and AI monopolies

US president Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron lead Romanians’ trust in international leaders, each scoring 33% confidence in a recent INSCOP Research survey. The poll was conducted between January 28 and February 6 at the request of the New Strategy Center.

There is no space in France for movements that adopt or legitimate violence,” French president says after Quentin Deranque’s death.