{"id":12063,"date":"2017-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/ict-congratulates-french-president-elect-emmanuel-macron\/"},"modified":"2017-05-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T22:00:00","slug":"ict-congratulates-french-president-elect-emmanuel-macron","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/ict-congratulates-french-president-elect-emmanuel-macron\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT congratulates French President-elect Emmanuel Macron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-7206 size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/HHDL-and-Emmanuel-Macron-in-Sept-2016.png\" alt=\"HHDL and Emmanuel Macron in Sept 2016\" class=\"wp-image-7206\"\/><figcaption>Emmanuel Macron meeting the Dalai Lama in Paris on 12 September 2016. (Photo: Olivier Adam)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday May 7, 66.10% of voters in the second round of the French Presidential elections voted in favor of Emmanuel Macron, who becomes the eighth and youngest French President. Marine Le Pen, who was leading the extreme right party Le Front National and was running against Mr. Macron, secured 33.90% of the votes. The definitive results of elections will be known on Wednesday May 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe International Campaign for Tibet would like to congratulate Mr. Emmanuel Macron for being successfully elected as the new French President. While ICT appreciates some of the efforts made by previous French governments on Tibet at the national, EU and UN levels, we call on President-elect Macron to amplify them and put human rights and the respect of the rule of law at the center of French relations with China,\u201d said Vincent Metten, EU Policy Director based in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Macron has met the Dalai Lama during his last visit to France in September 2016. Soon after, Mr. Macron posted on his Twitter account a photo of the Dalai Lama offering him a khata with the following comment: \u201cJ\u2019ai vu le visage de la bienveillance\u201d (\u201cI have seen the face of kindness\u201d). According to an aide of Mr. Macron, this meeting has allowed an exchange of views on \u201c\u2026freedom of religion and the role of religion in our societies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a congratulation message to President-Elect Macron on 8 May, the Dalai Lama recalled his conversation with him: \u201cIt was an honour to meet with you in Paris last September. I very much appreciate the sentiments you expressed at that time. During my visits to your country over the years, I have been touched by the affection and friendship shown to me by people from all walks of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dalai Lama also expressed his admiration for the spirit of the European Union saying, \u201cAs you know, I am an enthusiastic admirer of the spirit of the European Union \u2013putting the wider community\u2019s long-term common interest ahead of national and other local concerns. I hope the European Union will grow from strength to strength and that it will be a model for other continents to follow in times to come. Since France is one of the pillars of the European Union, I am confident that you will be able to play an active role in its successfully meeting the challenges that lie ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in Amiens in 1977, Mr Macron studied Philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, completed a Master in Public Affairs at Sciences Po, and graduated from the \u00c9cole nationale d\u2019administration (ENA) in 2004. After graduating, Mr Macron worked as a financial inspector at the Ministry of Economy before joining Rothschild &amp; Cie bank as an investment banker. He became an adviser to President Hollande as Deputy Secretary General at the Elys\u00e9e before his appointment in 2014 as Minister of Economy, Industry, and Digital Affairs under the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls. In 2016, he resigned from the Government and launched his political movement \u201cEn Marche\u201d (On the Move).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou, a centrist politician and the president of the Democratic Movement, who was a candidate in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 French presidential elections, actively supported Mr. Macron during his presidential campaign and could potentially be nominated to a key position in the new Government. Mr. Bayrou said in a letter in 2002 when questioned about his position on Tibet by a Tibet Support Group: \u201cAfter 52 years of occupation, thousands of victims and the escape into exile of the Dalai Lama in India since 1959 accompanied by 100.000 Tibetans, the international com-munity has today the responsibility to find a solution to the question of Tibet.\u201d He added, \u201cI am convinced that only a dialogue with the Tibetan temporal and spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, can put an end to this conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next important events are the legislative elections scheduled to take place on June 11 and 18, 2017 to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly. The results of these elections will determine if President Macron will be able or not to establish a parliamentary group representing the majority of the members of the Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Campaign for Tibet congratulates Mr. Emmanuel Macron for being successfully elected as the new French President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12064,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[691],"news_tag":[665],"class_list":["post-12063","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-news","news_tag-europe-and-tibet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICT congratulates French President-elect Emmanuel Macron - Campaign for Tibet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/ict-congratulates-french-president-elect-emmanuel-macron\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICT congratulates French President-elect Emmanuel Macron - 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