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List of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron

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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron, the 25th and current President of France. As of November 2024, Emmanuel Macron has made 263 presidential trips to 89 states internationally since his inauguration on 14 May 2017. National trips are not included.

Summary

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The number of visits per country where President Macron traveled are:

Map of international trips made by Emmanuel Macron as president: (April 2024)
  1 visit
  2 visits
  3 visits
  4 visits
  5 visits
  6 or more visits

2017

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President Emmanuel Macron meets with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the 43rd G7 summit in Taormina, 26 May 2017
Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
 Germany Berlin 15 May Macron's state visit to Germany was his first international trip as President. He chose Germany as the first foreign trip of his presidency in a demonstration of a pro-European sign, as well as to follow the tradition of French presidents making their first international trip to Germany.[1] During his first full day in office, Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.[2] The two leaders agreed to construct a plan to reform the European Union amidst the rise of right-wing populism and Euroscepticism.[3]
 Mali Gao 19 May Macron met with French troops committed to Operation Barkhane. It was his first trip outside Europe as President.[4]
 Belgium Brussels 25–26 May Macron attended the NATO summit, his first summit meeting as President. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including U.S. President Donald Trump.[5]
 Italy Taormina 26–27 May Macron attended the G7 summit in Taormina.[6] He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
Morocco Morocco Rabat 14–15 June Macron met the King of Morocco Mohammed VI during this private and friendly trip.[7]
 Belgium Brussels 22–23 June Macron attended his first European Council. He held separate bilateral meetings with Angela Merkel, and the representants of the Visegrád Group.[8]
 Germany Berlin 29 June Macron met with other European heads of state and government, as part of the preparations for the G20 summit.[9]
 Mali Bamako 2 July Macron attended a security summit of the G5 Sahel to boost support for the creation of a regional counter-terror force.[10]
 Germany Hamburg 7–8 July Macron attended the G20 summit in Hamburg. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.[11]
Switzerland Switzerland Lausanne 10–11 July Macron travelled to Lausanne to visit the International Olympic Committee for the presentation of the Paris bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. During this trip Macron was accompanied by his wife Brigitte, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the chairs of the bid, Bernard Lapasset and Tony Estanguet.[12]
 Italy Trieste 12–13 July Macron attended the 2017 Western Balkans Summit. One day before, he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.[13]
 Austria Salzburg 23 August Macron met with Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern.[14]
 Romania Bucharest 24 August Macron met with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.[15]
 Bulgaria Varna 25 August Macron met with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Euxinograd Palace.[16]
Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg City, Niederanven 28 August Macron met with Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. He also held political talks at Senningen Castle with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.[17]
 Greece Athens 6–7 September Macron paid a state visit to Greece where he called to rebuild European Union.[18]
 United States New York City 18–20 September Macron participated to the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with several heads of state.[19]
 Estonia Tallinn, Tapa Army Base 28–29 September Macron attended the EU Digital Summit and held a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.[20] He then visited troops together with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas at Tapa Army Base.[21]
 Germany Frankfurt 10 October Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair.[22]
 Belgium Brussels 19–20 October Macron attended the European Council.
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, Dubai 8–9 November Macron inaugurated the Louvre Abu Dhabi.[23]
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 9 November Macron made an emergency Saudi Arabia trip over Lebanon war fears.[24]
 Germany Bonn 15 November Macron attended the opening ceremony of the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[25]
 Sweden Gothenburg 17 November Macron attended the EU Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth.[26]
 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 28–29 November Macron met with Burkinabe President, delivered a speech about Africa, exchanged with students and visited a solar-powered plant.[27]
 Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan 29–30 November Macron attended the fifth African UnionEuropean Union summit.[27]
 Ghana Accra 30 November Macron met with Ghanaian President and visited some local start-ups.[27]
 Algeria Algiers 6 December Macron made a work and friendship visit in Algeria.[28]
 Qatar Doha 7 December Macron paid an official visit to Qatar.[29]
 Belgium Brussels 14–15 December Macron attended the European Council.[30]
 Niger Niamey 22–23 December Macron visited the French troops from Operation Barkhane.[31]

2018

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President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron with United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House during his state visit to Washington, D.C., 23 April 2018
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 China Xi'an, Beijing 8–10 January Macron arrived in Xi'an first, visited the Terracotta Army, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and Xi'an great mosque. He also delivered a speech about multilateralism at Daming Palace National Heritage Park. Later he flew to Beijing, visited the Palace Museum and met with the Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.[32] He gifted Xi one of the elite cavalry corps’ horses in response to a leased panda from China's "panda diplomacy".[33]
 Italy Rome 10 January Macron met Southern European Union leaders to talk about migration and budgets at EU Med summit.[34]
 United Kingdom Camberley, London 18–19 January Official visit in the UK in a Brexit context. Macron met with Prime Minister Theresa May in Sandhurst Military Academy for a UK-France Summit to strengthen the Paris-London special relationship on Defence and Security issues. Met with the French Community in London. Macron also accorded an interview to the BBC where he insisted on the importance of the UK-EU relationship after Brexit.[35]
  Switzerland Davos 24 January Macron made a speech in Davos at the World Economic Forum.[36]
 Tunisia Tunis 31 January–1 February Macron met with President Beji Caid Essebsi.
 Senegal Dakar, Saint-Louis 2–3 February Macron met with President Macky Sall.
 Belgium Brussels 23 February Macron attended an extraordinary European Council on Brexit.
 India New Delhi, Varanasi, Mirzapur 9–12 March Macron met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind.[37]
 Netherlands The Hague 21 March Macron met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and King Willem-Alexander.
 Belgium Brussels 22–23 March Macron attended the European Council.
 Germany Berlin 19 April Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 United States Washington, D.C., Mount Vernon 23–25 April Macron met with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Congressional leaders during an official State Visit.
 Australia Sydney 1–3 May Macron met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
 Germany Aachen 9–10 May Macron received the Charlemagne Prize.
 Bulgaria Sofia 16–17 May Macron attended the EU-Western Balkans summit.
 Russia Saint Petersburg 24–25 May Macron met with President Vladimir Putin. He also attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
 Canada Ottawa, Montreal, La Malbaie 6–9 June Macron met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa and Premier of Quebec Philippe Couillard in Montreal. Macron also attended the G7 summit in La Malbaie. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and U.S. President Donald Trump.
 Germany Gransee 19 June Macron met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 Vatican City Vatican City 26 June Macron met with Pope Francis.
 Belgium Brussels 28–29 June Macron attended the European Council.
 Mauritania Nouakchott 2 July Macron attended the 31st African Union summit.
 Nigeria Abuja, Lagos 3–4 July Macron met with President Muhammadu Buhari.
 Russia Saint Petersburg 10 July Macron attended the semi-final between France and Belgium of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
 Belgium Brussels 11–12 July Macron attended the NATO summit.
 Russia Moscow 15 July Macron attended the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia with the final victory (4–2) of France national football team.[38][39]
 Spain Madrid 26 July Macron met with the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and King Felipe VI.
 Portugal Lisbon 27 July Macron met with the Prime Minister Antonio Costa, attended a summit on energy and held a consultation about the future of the European Union along with Antonio Costa.
 Denmark Copenhagen 28–29 August Macron paid a state visit to Denmark. He met with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Margrethe II.
 Finland Helsinki 30 August Macron paid an official visit and met with President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Juha Sipilä.
 Luxembourg Bourglinster, Luxembourg City 6 September Macron met with the Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte.
 Austria Salzburg 19–20 September Macron attended an informal summit with the other heads of state or government of the European Union concerning mainly Brexit and the European migrant crisis.
 United States New York City 24–26 September Macron participated to the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with several heads of state.
 Armenia Yerevan 10–12 October Macron travelled to Yerevan to attend the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Summit.
 Belgium Brussels 17–19 October Macron travelled to Brussels to attend a European Council and the 12th Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM).
 Slovakia Bratislava 26 October Macron met with President Andrej Kiska and Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini.
 Czech Republic Prague 26–27 October Macron met with President Milos Zeman and Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
 Turkey Istanbul 27 October Macron attended a summit hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Syria conflict along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
 Morocco Tangier, Rabat 15 November Macron travelled to Morocco to inaugurate along with King Mohammed VI the first high-speed railway line in Africa.
 Germany Berlin 18 November Macron travelled to Berlin to commemorate Volkstrauertag along with Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Neue Wache. He also made a speech at the Bundestag about the European Union.
 Belgium Brussels, Ghent, Molenbeek, Louvain-la-Neuve 19–20 November Macron paid a state visit to Belgium. He met with King Philippe of Belgium and Prime Minister Charles Michel.
 Belgium Brussels 25 November Macron attended an extraordinary summit on Brexit along with the other European Union leaders.
 Argentina Buenos Aires 28 November – 1 December Macron met with President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires. Macron also attended the G20 summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
 Belgium Brussels 13–14 December Macron travelled to Brussels to attend a European Council.
 Chad N’Djamena 22–23 December Macron visited the French troops from Operation Barkhane and met with President Idriss Déby.

2019

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President Emmanuel Macron meets with the French community in Tokyo, 26 June 2019
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 Germany Aachen 22 January Macron met with Chancellor Angela Merkel to sign the Aachen Treaty.
 Egypt Cairo, Abu Simbel 27–29 January Macron paid an official visit and met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
 Cyprus Nicosia 29 January Macron attended a EU Med summit along with Southern European Union leaders.
 Djibouti Djibouti City 12 March Macron met with President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and visited the French troops based in Djibouti.
 Ethiopia Lalibela, Addis Ababa 12–13 March Macron paid a state visit, met with President Sahle-Work Zewde and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.
 Kenya Nairobi 13–14 March Macron paid a state visit, the first of a French President in Kenya and met with President Uhuru Kenyatta. He also attended the 3rd edition of the One Planet Summit.
 Belgium Brussels 21–22 March Macron attended the European Council.
 Belgium Brussels 10 April Macron attended an extraordinary European Council on Brexit.
 Germany Berlin 29 April Macron attended along with Chancellor Angela Merkel an informal summit with Western Balkans countries.
 Romania Sibiu 9 May Macron attended an informal European summit of heads of state or government about the future of the European Union.
 Belgium Brussels 28 May Macron attended an informal European summit along with European Union leaders after 2019 European Parliament election.
 United Kingdom Portsmouth 5 June Macron attended the 75th anniversary of D-Day commemorative ceremonies alongside international leaders.
  Switzerland Geneva 11 June Macron attended the centenary of the International Labour Organization.
 Malta Valletta 14 June Macron attended a EU Med summit along with Southern European Union leaders.
 Belgium Brussels 20–21 June Macron attended the European Council.
 Japan Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka 26–29 June Macron paid an official visit, met with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, Emperor Naruhito and with the French community in Tokyo. Macron also attended the G20 summit in Osaka. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
 Belgium Brussels 30 June – 2 July Macron attended an extraordinary European summit.
 Serbia Belgrade 15–16 July Macron paid an official visit and met with President Aleksandar Vučić.
 Tunisia Tunis 27 July Macron attended the funeral of late President Beji Caid Essebsi.
 Andorra Andorra la Vella, Canillo 13 September Macron in his capacity as Co-Princes of Andorra met with the other Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília, the General Syndics of the General Council Roser Suñé Pascuet and Prime Minister Xavier Espot.
 Italy Rome 18 September Macron met with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
 United States New York City 22–24 September Macron participated to the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with several heads of state.
 Belgium Brussels 17–18 October Macron attended the European Council.
 Germany Frankfurt 28 October Macron attended the farewell event for European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.
 China Shanghai, Beijing 4–6 November Macron met with President Xi Jinping, attended the China International Import Expo and inaugurated the Centre Pompidou West Bund Museum. Macron and Xi signed business and trade deals worth $45 billion during his visit.[40][41]
 Germany Berlin 10 November Macron met with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 United Kingdom London, Watford 3–4 December Macron attended the 30th NATO summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès and Polish President Andrzej Duda.
 Belgium Brussels 12–13 December Macron attended the European Council.
 Côte d'Ivoire Port-Bouët, Abidjan, Bouaké 20–22 December Macron visited the French troops based in Côte d'Ivoire and met with President Alassane Ouattara. He also paid tribute to French soldiers killed in Bouaké in 2004.
 Niger Niamey 22 December Macron made a quick stop in Niamey where he met with President Mahamadou Issoufou and paid tribute to the 71 soldiers from Niger killed the week before.

2020

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President Emmanuel Macron during meeting with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw, Poland, February 2020
President Emmanuel Macron in Riga, Latvia, 29 September 2020
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 Germany Berlin 19 January Macron attended a meeting on the Libyan Civil War. He also met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 Israel Jerusalem 21–23 January Macron travelled to Jerusalem for the World Holocaust Forum to commemorate the 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Macron also met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and Benny Gantz.
 Palestine Ramallah 22 January Macron paid a short visit to meet with President Mahmoud Abbas.
 Poland Warsaw, Kraków 3–4 February Macron paid an official visit. He met with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
 Germany Munich 14–15 February Macron travelled to Bavaria to attend the 56th Munich Security Conference.
 Belgium Brussels 20–21 February Macron attended a special European Council.
 Italy Naples 27 February Macron attended the 35th Franco-Italian summit. He met with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and President Sergio Mattarella.
 United Kingdom London 18 June Macron travelled to London to commemorate the Appeal of 18 June and to give the city the Legion of Honour. He also met with Charles, Prince of Wales and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
 Netherlands The Hague 23 June Macron met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
 Germany Gransee 29 June Macron met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 Mauritania Nouakchott 30 June Macron attended a G5 Sahel summit and met with President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.
 Belgium Brussels 17–21 July Macron attended an extraordinary European Council to decide the EU economic response to the COVID-19 recession which deeply affected the continent. The summit was among the longest ones in history.
 Lebanon Beirut 6 August Macron travelled to Lebanon two days after the 2020 Beirut explosion. He toured the Port of Beirut, the site of the explosions and met with rescuers and local firemen. Macron also met with President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Hassan Diab.
 Lebanon Beirut, Jaj 31 August–1 September Macron travelled to Lebanon for the second time in a month. He visited Lebanese singer Fairuz in Rabieh. On the next day, he went to Jaj to plant a cedar tree marking the centennial of Greater Lebanon. Then, he met UN representatives and NGO members to discuss reconstruction efforts in Beirut. He also met with President Michel Aoun, Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi and other political leaders, in addition to visiting injured people at the Rafik Hariri University Hospital.[42]
 Iraq Baghdad 2 September Macron travelled to Iraq to assert its "sovereignty", despite regional tensions.[43] He met with President Barham Salih, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani.[44]
 Lithuania Vilnius 28–29 September Macron met with President Gitanas Nausėda and Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
 Latvia Riga 29–30 September Macron met with President Egils Levits and Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš.
 Belgium Brussels 1–2 October Macron attended an extraordinary European Council.
 Belgium Brussels 15–16 October Macron attended the European Council.
 Belgium Brussels 10–11 December Macron attended the European Council.

2021

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President Emmanuel Macron with US President, German Chancellor and UK Prime Minister in Rome, 30 October 2021
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 Chad N'Djamena 22–23 April Macron attended the funeral of former President Idriss Déby.
 Portugal Porto 7–8 May Macron attended the EU Social Summit.
 Belgium Brussels 24–25 May Macron attended the European Council.
 Rwanda Kigali 27–28 May Macron paid an official visit to Rwanda where he met with President Paul Kagame and visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial.
 South Africa Pretoria, Johannesburg 28–29 May Macron paid an official visit to South Africa. He met with President Cyril Ramaphosa and visited the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
 United Kingdom Carbis Bay 11–13 June Macron travelled to Carbis Bay to attend the G7 summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and U.S. President Joe Biden.
 Belgium Brussels 14 June Macron travelled to Brussels to attend the 31st NATO summit.
 Germany Berlin 18 June Macron travelled to Berlin to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 Belgium Brussels 24–25 June Macron attended the European Council.
 Japan Tokyo 23–24 July Macron travelled to Tokyo to attend the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
 Ireland Dublin 26 August Macron travelled to Dublin where he met with President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
 Iraq Baghdad, Mosul, Erbil 28–29 August Macron attended a regional conference in Baghdad to which several leaders of countries neighboring Iraq were invited, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
 Greece Athens 17 September Macron travelled to Athens to attend the 8th EU Med summit along with Southern European Union leaders.
 Slovenia Ljubljana 5–6 October Macron attended an informal European Council and the EU-Western Balkans summit.
 Belgium Brussels 21–22 October Macron attended the European Council.
 Italy Rome 29–31 October Macron attended the G20 summit. He also met the day before the summit with U.S. President Joe Biden.
 United Kingdom Glasgow 1 November Macron travelled to Scotland to attend the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
 Croatia Zagreb 24–25 November Macron paid an official visit to Croatia, the first of a French President since the country's independence in 1991. He met with President Zoran Milanović and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
 Italy Rome 25–26 November Macron travelled to Rome where he met with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
 Vatican City Vatican City 26 November Macron met with Pope Francis.
 United Arab Emirates Dubai 3 December Macron met with Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. He also visited the French pavilion at the Expo 2020.
 Qatar Doha 3–4 December Macron met with Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 4 December Macron met with Mohammed bin Salman.
 Hungary Budapest 13 December Macron met with President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He also attended a Visegrád Group meeting.
 Belgium Brussels 15–16 December Macron attended in Brussels the sixth Eastern Partnership summit and a European Council.

2022

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President Emmanuel Macron attends the G7 leaders meeting in Brussels, 24 March 2022
President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron with United States President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House during his state visit to Washington, D.C., 1 December 2022
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 Germany Berlin 25 January Macron met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
 Russia Moscow 7 February Macron met with President Vladimir Putin.
 Ukraine Kyiv 8 February Macron met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
 Germany Berlin 8 February Macron met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda.
 Belgium Brussels 17–18 February Macron attended in Brussels the sixth European UnionAfrican Union summit.
 Belgium Brussels 24 February Macron attended a special meeting of the European Council to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
 Belgium Brussels 24–25 March Macron travelled to Brussels to attend an extraordinary NATO summit and a G7 Leaders meeting about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also attended the European Council.
 Germany Berlin 9 May Macron travelled to Berlin to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz on his first trip abroad after his re-election in April 2022.
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 15 May Macron travelled to Abu Dhabi to pay tribute to the late President of the United Arab Emirates Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan who died two days earlier.
 Belgium Brussels 30–31 May Macron attended a special meeting of the European Council.
 Romania Constanța 14–15 June Macron visited the French troops based in Constanța. He also met with President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă.
 Moldova Chișinău 15 June Macron met with President Maia Sandu.
 Ukraine Kyiv, Irpin 16 June Macron met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis for the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He travelled to Kyiv by train from Rzeszów for safety reasons.
 Belgium Brussels 23–24 June Macron attended in Brussels a EU-Western Balkans Leaders meeting, a European Council and a Euro summit.
 Germany Schloss Elmau 25–28 June Macron travelled to the Bavarian Alps to attend the 48th G7 summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
 Spain Madrid 28–30 June Macron attended the 32nd NATO summit.
 Portugal Lisbon 30 June Macron attended the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference.
 Cameroon Yaoundé 25–26 July Macron met with Presidents Paul Biya, Patrice Talon and Umaro Sissoco Embaló and french local communities.
 Benin Cotonou 26–27 July
 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 27–28 July
 Algeria Algiers, Oran 25–27 August Macron met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
 United Kingdom London 18–19 September Macron attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey and met with King Charles III at a reception at Buckingham Palace.
 United States New York City 19–21 September Macron attended the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with several heads of state.
 Germany Berlin 3 October Macron travelled to Berlin to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz for a working dinner.
 Czech Republic Prague 6–7 October Macron attended at Prague Castle the 1st European Political Community Summit and an informal European Council.
 Belgium Brussels 20–21 October Macron attended the European Council.
 Italy Rome 23–24 October Macron participated in an international forum on peace. He also met with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
 Vatican City Vatican City 24 October Macron met with Pope Francis.[45]
 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 7 November Macron attended the COP27.
 Indonesia Bali 14–16 November Macron travelled to Bali to attend the G20 summit. He held separate bilateral meetings with other heads of government, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
 Thailand Bangkok 16–18 November Macron attended the APEC summit. He also met with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and with the French community in Bangkok.
 Tunisia Djerba 19 November Macron attended the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Summit.
 United States Washington, D.C., New Orleans 29 November – 2 December Macron met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Congressional leaders during an official State Visit. He also met with the French community in Washington and travelled to New Orleans.
 Albania Tirana 6 December Macron attended the EU-Western Balkans summit.
 Spain Alicante 9 December Macron attended the 9th EU Med summit along with Southern European Union leaders.
 Qatar Al Khor 14 December Macron attended the semi-final between France and Morocco of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
 Belgium Brussels 15 December Macron attended the European Council.
 Qatar Lusail 18 December Macron attended the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Argentina.
 Jordan Amman 20–21 December Macron attended the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership. He also met with King Abdullah II.

2023

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President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron arriving at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, 11 April 2023
Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
 Spain Barcelona 19 January Macron attended the Franco-Spanish Summit alongside Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
 Netherlands The Hague 30 January Macron met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
 Belgium Brussels 9 February Macron attended the European Council.
 Germany Munich 17 February Macron attended the 59th Munich Security Conference.
 Gabon Libreville 1–2 March Macron attended the One Forest Summit, met with President Ali Bongo Ondimba and with the French community in Libreville.
 Angola Luanda 3 March Macron met with Presidents João Lourenço, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi and french local communities.
 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 3 March
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 4 March
 Belgium Brussels 23–24 March Macron attended a European Council and a Euro summit.
 China Beijing, Guangzhou 5–8 April Macron paid a state visit to China and met with President Xi Jinping.
 Netherlands Amsterdam, The Hague 11–12 April Macron paid a state visit to the Netherlands. He met with King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
 Belgium Ostend 24 April Macron attended the second edition of the North Sea Summit.
 United Kingdom London 6–7 May Macron attended the coronation of King Charles III.
 Iceland Reykjavík 16–17 May Macron attended the 4th Council of Europe summit.
 Japan Hiroshima 19–21 May Macron attended the G7 summit.
 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 21 May Macron met with President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh for the first visit of a French President to Mongolia.[46]
 Slovakia Bratislava 31 May Macron met with President Zuzana Čaputová and delivered a speech at GLOBSEC Forum.
 Moldova Chișinău, Bulboaca 1 June Macron attended the 2nd European Political Community Summit.
 Germany Potsdam 6 June Macron met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz for an informal dinner.
 Belgium Brussels 29–30 June Macron attended the European Council.
 Lithuania Vilnius 11–12 July Macron attended the 33rd NATO summit.
 Belgium Brussels 17–18 July Macron attended the EU-CELAC summit
 Vanuatu Port-Vila 27–29 July First French president to travel to non-French Pacific islands, Macron made historic visits to clarify the strategy of French diplomacy in the heart of the Indo-Pacific.[47]
 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
 Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte 29 July First time that a French president has visited this island. Met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe.[48]
 India New Delhi 9–10 September Macron attended the G20 summit.
 Bangladesh Dhaka 10–11 September Macron met with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
 Italy Rome 26 September Macron attended the state funeral of former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
 Malta Valletta 29 September Macron attended the EU Med summit.
 Spain Granada 5–6 October Macron attended the 3rd European Political Community Summit.
 Germany Hamburg 9–10 October Macron met with Chancellor Scholz.
 Albania Tirana 16–17 October Macron met with Prime Minister Edi Rama following the Berlin Process Summit to promote stronger cooperation between the European Union and the Western Balkans countries.
 Israel Tel Aviv 24 October[49] Macron met with Benjamin Netanyahu.[49]
 Palestine Ramallah 25 October[50] Macron met with Mahmoud Abbas.[51]
 Jordan Amman 25 October[50] Macron met with King Abdullah II of Jordan.
 Egypt Cairo 26 October[50] Macron met with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
 Belgium Brussels 26–27 October Macron attended the European Council.
 Kazakhstan Astana 1 November[52] Macron met with president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
 Uzbekistan Samarkand 2 November[52] Macron met with president Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
  Switzerland Bern, Geneva, and Lausanne 15–16 November Macron paid a state visit to Switzerland and met with President Alain Berset.
 Germany Berlin 20 November Macron attended the conference of the G20 "Compact with Africa".
 United Arab Emirates Dubai 1 December Macron attended the COP 28.
 Qatar Doha 2 December Macron met with Emir sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
 Belgium Brussels 13–15 December Macron attended the EU-Western Balkans summit followed by the European Council.
 Jordan Aqaba 22 December Macron met with King Abdullah II of Jordan and celebrated Christmas with French troops on an air base.

2024

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Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
  Switzerland Davos 17 January Macron spoke at the 54th World Economic Forum.
 Germany Berlin 22 January Macron spoke at the Bundestag during a tribute to Wolfgang Schäuble. He also met with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
 India Jaipur, New Delhi 25–26 January Macron was invited as chief guest to celebrate India's 75th Republic Day celebration. He met with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
 Sweden Stockholm, Lund, Malmö 30–31 January Macron paid a State Visit to Sweden. Macron met King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, and other members of the Swedish royal family. Macron also met Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
 Belgium Brussels 1 February Macron attended a Special European Council to discuss budget support to Ukraine.
 Czech Republic Prague 5 March Macron met with President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
 Germany Berlin 15 March Macron met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in as part of the Weimar Triangle to discuss aid to Ukraine.
 Belgium Brussels 21–22 March Macron attended the Nuclear Energy Summit and the European Council summit.
 Brazil Bélem, Itaguai, Brasilia, São Paulo 26–28 March Macron made a State visit to Brazil and met with President Lula. It was Macron's first visit to Brazil as President and his first trip to Latin America since 2018.[53]
 Belgium Brussels 17–18 April Macron attended an extraordinary European Council.
 Germany Berlin, Dresden, Münster 26–28 May Macron paid a state visit to Germany, the first for a French President in Germany since 2000. Macron met with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
 Italy Apulia 13–15 June Macron attended the G7 summit.
  Switzerland Nidwalden 15 June Macron attended the Summit on Peace in Ukraine at the Bürgenstock Resort.
 Belgium Brussels 17 June Macron attended the informal European Council summit.
 Belgium Brussels 27–28 June Macron attended the European Council summit.
 United States Washington, D.C. 10–11 July Macron attended the 75th NATO summit. He met with several leaders including American President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
 United Kingdom Woodstock 18 July Macron attended the 4th EPC Summit in the UK.
 Serbia Belgrade, Novi Sad 29–30 August Macron paid an official visit and met with President Aleksandar Vučić.
 United States New York City 24–25 September Macron attended the 79th United Nations General Assembly.
 Canada Ottawa, Montreal 25–26 September Macron paid an official visit to Canada where he met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa and Premier of Quebec François Legault in Montreal.
 Germany Berlin 2 October Macron met Chancellor Olaf Scholz and attended Berlin Global Dialogue.
 Cyprus Paphos 11 October Macron travelled to Paphos to attend the 11th EU Med summit along with Southern European leaders.
 Belgium Brussels 16–17 October Macron attended the first EU-Gulf Cooperation Council summit and the European Council summit.
 Germany Berlin 18 October Macron met Chancellor Olaf Scholz, American President Joe Biden, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East.
 Morocco Rabat 28–30 October Macron paid a state visit and met with King Mohammed VI.
 Hungary Budapest 7–8 November Macron attended the 5th European Political Community Summit and an informal European Council summit.
 Argentina Buenos Aires 16–17 November Macron met with President Javier Milei.
 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 18–19 November Macron attended the 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit and met with several heads of state.
 Chile Santiago, Valparaíso 20–21 November Macron met with President Gabriel Boric.

Future trips

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Country Areas visited Date(s) Details
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 2–4 December 2024 Macron will pay a State visit to Saudi Arabia and will attend One Water Summit.

Multilateral meetings

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Group Year
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
UN GA 18–20 September,
United States New York City
24–26 September,
United States New York City
23–25 September,
United States New York City
22 September,
United States New York City
(videoconference)
27 September,[a]
United States New York City
20 September,
United States New York City
21 September,[b]
United States New York City
25 September,
United States New York City
TBD,
United States New York City
G7 26–27 May,
Italy Taormina
8–9 June,
Canada La Malbaie
24–26 August,
France Biarritz
10–12 June,
United States Camp David
(cancelled)
11–13 June,
United Kingdom Carbis Bay
26–28 June,
Germany Schloss Elmau
19–21 May,
Japan Hiroshima
13–15 June,
Italy Apulia
June,
Canada Kananaskis
G-20 7–8 July,
Germany Hamburg
30 November – 1 December,
Argentina Buenos Aires
28–29 June,
Japan Osaka
21–22 November,
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
(videoconference)
30–31 October,
Italy Rome
15–16 November,
Indonesia Bali
9–10 September,
India New Delhi
18–19 November,
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
TBD,
 South Africa
NATO 25 May,
Belgium Brussels
11–12 July,
Belgium Brussels
3–4 December,
United Kingdom Watford
14 June,
Belgium Brussels
24 March,
Belgium Brussels
11–12 July,
Lithuania Vilnius
9–11 July,
United States Washington
24–26 June,
Netherlands The Hague
28–30 June,
Spain Madrid
NSS TBD TBD
OIF 11–12 October,
Armenia Yerevan
19–20 November,
Tunisia Djerba
4–5 October,
France Villers-Cotterêts
EP 24 November,
Belgium Brussels
15 December,
Belgium Brussels
ASEM 18–19 October,
Belgium Brussels
21–22 November,
Cambodia Phnom Penh
(videoconference)
EU–CELAC 26–27 October,
El Salvador San Salvador
17–18 July,
Belgium Brussels
TBD
EU 22–23 June,
19–20 October,
14–15 December,
Belgium Brussels
23 February,
22–23 March,
28–29 June,
17–18 October,
25 November,
13–14 December,
Belgium Brussels
21–22 March,
10 April,
20–21 June,
30 June – 2 July,
17–18 October,
12–13 December,
Belgium Brussels
10 March (videoconference)
17 March (videoconference),
26 March (videoconference),
23 April (videoconference),
19 June (videoconference),
15–16 October,
10–11 December,
Belgium Brussels
24–25 May,
24–25 June,
21–22 October,
16 December,
Belgium Brussels
24–25 March,
23–24 June,
20–21 October,
15 December,
Belgium Brussels
23–24 March,
29–30 June,
26–27 October,
14–15 December,
Belgium Brussels
21–22 March,
27–28 June,
16–17 October,
Belgium Brussels
Euro summit 15 December,
Belgium Brussels
23 March,
29 June,
18 October,
14 December,
Belgium Brussels
21 June,
13 December,
Belgium Brussels
11 December,
Belgium Brussels
25 March (videoconference),
25 June,
16 December,
Belgium Brussels
24 June,
Belgium Brussels
24 March,
27 October
Belgium Brussels
22 March,
Belgium Brussels
██ = Did not attend; ██ = Future event.
^a Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attended in the President's place.
^b Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna attended in the President's place.

See also

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