In an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," the French president pushed back on criticism for recognizing a Palestinian state.

Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has reached rock bottom in France, according to new polls. In an Ifop survey conducted for Le Journal du Dimanche, the conservative weekly, the French president’s approval rating had fallen to 17 per cent, the lowest in his two-term presidency, which began in 2017.

The disruption gave loud voice to widespread complaints that eight years of leadership by France’s business-friendly president have benefited too few people and hurt too many.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with French President Emmanuel Macron, a portion of which aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sept. 21, 2025.

French mayors are poised to defy government directives by flying Palestinian flags on town halls, coinciding with France's preparations to formally recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly.

France’s planned recognition of a Palestinian state will not include the opening of an embassy until Hamas frees the hostages it is holding in Gaza, President Emmanuel Macron says in an interview aired today.

President Emmanuel Macron of France appeared on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan Sunday where he discussed the war in Gaza and political efforts that should be made to stop Hamas.

The root of the latest expected government collapse was Macron's stunning decision to dissolve the National Assembly in June 2024.

The National Assembly voted to force François Bayrou to resign, France’s second government collapse in less than a year, which sets the stage for the fourth premier in 20 months.

President Emmanuel Macron named Sebastien Lecornu France’s new prime minister, tapping a longtime ally to pick up the mantle of trying to pass a budget through a divided parliament.

European powers will likely reimpose international sanctions on Iran by the end of the month after their latest round of talks with Tehran aimed at preventing them were deemed not serious, France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.