# Macron convenes French party leaders as soaring energy prices focus attention on wars in Iran and Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/item/64398

- France 24, 2026-09-18 14:26 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/macron-convenes-french-party-leaders-as-soaring-energy-prices-put-focus-on-wars-in-iran-and-ukraine

> French President Emmanuel Macron has held a rare Élysée meeting with party leaders over surging energy prices. Economist Renaud Foucart sees the gathering as both an effort to shape Macron’s legacy and a push to make potential successors confront high energy costs, rising borrowing costs, limited fiscal room and the politically difficult issue of pension spending ahead of the presidential election.

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