PARIS, May 5 - President Emmanuel Macron plans to nominate his former chief of staff, Emmanuel Moulin, as France's next central bank governor, the Elysee said on Tuesday, seizing an early vacancy to install a trusted ally ahead of a 2027 election the far right could win.

Macron and Trump first met in 2017 at a Nato summit in Brussels during the American leader’s first term in power, which he began in much the same way as his current one: by accusing the “obsolete” alliance of taking advantage of the US.

The leader of France's conservatives was the interior minister for a year under Emmanuel Macron. Now, as a presidential candidate, he is looking to distance himself from the president.

Opposition parties argue that Emmanuel Moulin would not act independently, given his proximity to current and past governments.

On May 25, a video of Emmanuel Macron seemingly being pushed in the face by his wife Brigitte went viral Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in ...