Macron’s Davos clash with Trump boosts his standing at home and abroad

When President Emmanuel Macron hosted the leaders of Denmark and Greenland for lunch in Paris on Wednesday, he was still wearing the blue‑tinted aviator sunglasses he first wore at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he vowed that France would stand firm with its neighbours against an acquisitive President Trump and called Greenland a “strategic wake‑up call for all of Europe.” The sunglasses, which Mr.

Macron needs because of a medical condition in his eye, and his repeated use of the phrase “for sure” at Davos made him a social‑media sensation and helped win him rare support across France’s fractured political landscape after a year in which he had been dismissed by many as a lame duck following an unpopular pension reform.

His approval rating has ticked up two points, to 20 percent, according to a new Ifop poll cited in the report. Back home, Mr. Macron’s latest prime ministerial appointee, Sébastien Lecornu, is said to be on the brink of navigating a budget through an unruly National Assembly, and for the first time since Mr.

Macron’s decision to call parliamentary elections in 2024 France appears likely to settle into a period of comparative political stability, at least until presidential elections next year. Analysts quoted in the story said he would not face pressure to resign or call an early election.

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