President Macron to host Obama for ‘private breakfast'

The “joint initiative” is said to have been a mutual decision between the two men during Obama’s current trip to France, according to French news source 20 Minutes.

The two men have publicly supported each other, via their social media accounts, with Macron tweeting “Hope is ‘en Marche’” - as a reference to his party, La République En Marche!, alongside a video of Obama speaking in support of him ahead of the French election.

In the video, Obama said that he “had always been grateful for the friendship of the French people” and that the election was “very important to the future of France and the values that we care so much about, because the success of France matters to the entire world”.

L'espoir est en marche. Merci @BarackObama. pic.twitter.com/0azZHLZLse

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 4, 2017

Obama was outspoken in his support for Macron during his presidential campaign, saying that he was “rooting for Macron’s success”, because Macron had “stood up for liberal values”, and “appealed to people’s hopes and not their fears”.

Obama is currently visiting France, and, as well as the breakfast with Macron, he is also set to address actors’ network “Les Napoléons” in a speech, for an undisclosed sum.