What to recollect from Emmanuel Macron’s needs for 2026 | EUROtoday

It is a brief tackle – lower than ten minutes – that Emmanuel Macron delivered, Wednesday December 31, 2025, for his conventional needs to the French. Here’s what you want to keep in mind.

The 2027 presidential election and “foreign interference”

“I will do everything to ensure that the presidential election takes place as peacefully as possible, in particular free from any foreign interference”declared the president.

Foreign digital interference, makes an attempt to control opinion on social networks and hacking actions have elevated in recent times in most electoral campaigns in France; the municipal elections of March 2026 and the presidential elections of 2027 won’t escape the rule, in accordance with the Viginum service, chargeable for the battle towards these destabilizations.

A president “until the last second at work”

The 2027 presidential election will likely be “the first to which [il] do not participate[a] not [dans la période de] ten years [qui la précède] »noted Emmanuel Macron. “However, I will be at work until the last second, trying every day to live up to the mandate you have entrusted to me”continued the President of the Republic.

In October, his former prime minister Edouard Philippe referred to as for an early presidential election, saying he believed that “the State is no longer required”.

National service, social networks, finish of life: tasks that the Head of State intends to see accomplished in 2026

“This year must be and will be a useful year”declared Emmanuel Macron. “I will particularly ensure that several major projects can be completed”added the top of state. “We will see the first steps of national service for the engagement of our young people, which will strengthen the link between our armies and the nation; we will protect our children and adolescents from social networks and screens; we will finally complete the legislative work on the question of the end of life with dignity – a subject on which I committed to you in 2022 –, at the end of the year, when the time is right”he continued. The textual content, voted on within the National Assembly, should nonetheless be examined within the Senate from January 20.

A “Europe of defense” dealing with “the return of empires and the questioning of the international order”

Referring to the worldwide state of affairs, the place “we are witnessing the return of empires and the questioning of the international order”Emmanuel Macron insisted on the protection of “our independence and our freedoms”, pleading for the acceleration of “Defense Europe”.

“Defense Europe has long been a debate. It has started to take place, and in 2026, this will accelerate from next January 6 in Paris: many European states and allies will make concrete commitments to protect Ukraine and ensure a just and lasting peace on our European continent.declared the head of state. He also called for protecting the“Industrial and agricultural Europe by establishing fair trade rules, fair to the rest of the world”.

“Resisting the spirit of the times”

Finally, Emmanuel Macron made a “wish of hope” for 2026, calling to not resign the “progress is still possible, provided you build it, work hard, invest over time and recognize that real progress alone is not made in a day”. “Let’s not give up on reconciling climate, biodiversity, growth and independence”he wished. “Let us not give up every day on being a more united, more fraternal nation. Yes, deep down, I wish us to resist the spirit of the times”stated the President of the Republic.