PoliticsMacron convenes French party leaders as soaring energy prices put focus on wars in Iran and Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron has brought party leaders together at the Élysée as soaring energy prices shift attention to the economic fallout from the wars in Iran and Ukraine. Economist Renaud Foucart says the rare meeting reflects a deeper clash between economic constraints, political accountability and the approaching presidential election, while serving Macron’s legacy-building and pro-European aims.