Emmanuel Macron is bidding farewell to the Paris Motor Show. The French President will head to the Paris event this Monday, a biennial gathering he has never missed, for his final visit as head of state. It will be an opportunity for the man who declared in 2023 that he "loved" cars to take stock of his record in this strategic sector.
Macron insists that the car industry is "at the heart" of French manufacturing, providing 400,000 direct jobs nationwide. The presidency particularly points to ramping up electric vehicle production and the emergence of a national battery industry.
