French President Emmanuel Macron does not plan to engage in politics after the end of his second term in 2027. He announced this during a discussion with students from a French-Cypriot school in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, which he visited before the informal European summit, Ukrinform reports.
''I was not involved in politics before (the presidency) and I will not be involved in it after'', Macron said.
According to him, the most difficult period of his second five-year term was defending his achievements. The French president explained that at one time, "I started a political movement and then I went to the presidency" because he was always interested in the life of his country and wanted his ideas to be implemented.
"But it was, and still is, doing things that I think are not just useful. It is a fight to take my country and our Europe forward and to defend the values in which I believe, so it is a matter of passion," Macron said.
Macron became president of France in May 2017. He won the second round of the election. And in April 2022, he was re-elected for a second term.
Macron's presidency
In March 2025, Macron's approval rating rose to its highest level - to 31% - after calls for help for Ukraine. Bloomberg wrote that the opinion of the French people about the president had changed against the background of how he found himself at the center of European efforts to increase defense spending and provide support to Ukraine in the face of the cessation of support from the United States. The French president also proposed to begin negotiations on using the country's nuclear potential to protect allies on the continent.
However, in July it became known that Macron's activities were supported by only 19% of the French. Le Figaro emphasized that he had never before fallen below 20%. It was noted that even among his own electorate, only 49% of Macron's supporters in the presidential election stressed that they were satisfied with his actions.