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Macron's first phone call as president-elect was to [[Angela Merkel]].<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 8, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/08/merkel-praises-macron-for-championing-a-united-europe-open-to-the-world-in-first-call-as-president/ Macron’s First Phone Call as French President-Elect Is to Chancellor Merkel]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref> He assumed office on May 14, 2017,<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/14/france-inaugurates-emmanuel-macron-as-new-president.html France inaugurates Emmanuel Macron as new president]. ''Fox News''. May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.</ref> and immediately set to lobbying additional EU centralization.<ref>Edmunds, Donna Rachel (May 14, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/14/macron-spend-first-day-presidency-begging-germany-closer-european-integration/ Macron to Lobby Germany for Closer EU Integration on First Day as President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 14, 2017.</ref> Despite inviting U.S. climate scientists to move to France during the campaign, none had accepted his request by his early presidency.<ref>Richardson, Valerie (May 16, 2017). [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/16/no-takers-yet-on-french-president-macrons-plea-for/ No takers yet on French President Macron’s plea for climate scientists to move to France]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 16, 2017.</ref> He received criticism for attempting to control media coverage over his administration.<ref>Corbet, Sylvie (May 18, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/18/frances-macron-holds-1st-cabinet-meeting-half-are-women.html French president talks to Putin, faces media troubles]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>

Macron's first phone call as president-elect was to [[Angela Merkel]].<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 8, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/08/merkel-praises-macron-for-championing-a-united-europe-open-to-the-world-in-first-call-as-president/ Macron’s First Phone Call as French President-Elect Is to Chancellor Merkel]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref> He assumed office on May 14, 2017,<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/14/france-inaugurates-emmanuel-macron-as-new-president.html France inaugurates Emmanuel Macron as new president]. ''Fox News''. May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.</ref> and immediately set to lobbying additional EU centralization.<ref>Edmunds, Donna Rachel (May 14, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/14/macron-spend-first-day-presidency-begging-germany-closer-european-integration/ Macron to Lobby Germany for Closer EU Integration on First Day as President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 14, 2017.</ref> Despite inviting U.S. climate scientists to move to France during the campaign, none had accepted his request by his early presidency.<ref>Richardson, Valerie (May 16, 2017). [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/16/no-takers-yet-on-french-president-macrons-plea-for/ No takers yet on French President Macron’s plea for climate scientists to move to France]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 16, 2017.</ref> He received criticism for attempting to control media coverage over his administration.<ref>Corbet, Sylvie (May 18, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/18/frances-macron-holds-1st-cabinet-meeting-half-are-women.html French president talks to Putin, faces media troubles]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>

Macron chose an authoritarian and elitist governing style, and his administration's officials stated he would not hold question-answer press conferences because his thinking was too "complex" for journalists to understand.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 4, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/04/macron-announces-govern-like-jupiter-roman-king-gods/ Emmanuel Bonaparte: Macron Declares He Will Govern Like a Roman God]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 4, 2017.</ref>

Macron chose an authoritarian and elitist governing style, and his administration's officials stated he would not hold question-answer press conferences because his thinking was too "complex" for journalists to understand.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 4, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/04/macron-announces-govern-like-jupiter-roman-king-gods/ Emmanuel Bonaparte: Macron Declares He Will Govern Like a Roman God]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 4, 2017.</ref> He has been criticized for having an arrogant personality.<ref>Vinocur, Nicholas (September 20, 2017). [http://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macrons-arrogance-problem/ Emmanuel Macron’s arrogance problem]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 20, 2017.</ref>

Rather than contemplate France's and Europe's historically low birth rates and population loss, Macron (who himself has no children) criticized Africans for having "seven or eight children per woman", which he said explains the continent's poor condition.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (July 11, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/11/french-pm-emmanuel-macron-deemed-racist-for-dissing-african-fertility/ French PM Emmanuel Macron Deemed ‘Racist’ for Dissing African Fertility]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 11, 2017.</ref>

Rather than contemplate France's and Europe's historically low birth rates and population loss, Macron (who himself has no children) criticized Africans for having "seven or eight children per woman", which he said explains the continent's poor condition.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (July 11, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/11/french-pm-emmanuel-macron-deemed-racist-for-dissing-african-fertility/ French PM Emmanuel Macron Deemed ‘Racist’ for Dissing African Fertility]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 11, 2017.</ref>