-
Ryanair urges France to reform air traffic control after Senate warning
Official report warns that France may struggle to handle growing air traffic
-
Videos: footage shows bear cubs thriving in Pyrenees
Cubs born in 2025 captured scratching their backs on trees and playing
-
France wildfire update: Blazes continue across south as red alerts raised
Three times as much land burned as at this time last year, says PM. Several people have been detained over suspected arson linked to fires in Hérault
Official role for Brigitte
Brigitte Macron has been given an official role as the wife of the president but not an official ‘first lady’ title.
It is the first time a president’s spouse has been given an official role and came at Mr Macron’s request but also after 316,000 people signed a petition rejecting any official role.
Mrs Macron will not receive a salary or budget – her costs are paid out of Mr Macron’s budget. She will be active on social issues and education, disabled people, health, women’s issues and equality. She will have her own office, secretariat and two advisers.
Spelled out in a ‘transparency charter’ on the Elysée website, one of her key roles is to “represent France alongside her husband, notably at foreign meetings” while for palace receptions she will ‘surpervise’.
