Sale silence on Macron photo

President Macron’s official portrait was controversial when issued as it did not meet usual styles and was a different size – but whether it matched sales of predecessors Hollande or Sarkozy has proved impossible to discover.

Questions to his office, the prime minister’s office and the official seller, Documen­tation Française, all drew a blank... just like in Creuse where mayors turned the photo against the wall claiming Mr Macron had failed to help a local car parts factory.