Le Figaro: Macron complained of boredom with the new EU leadership According to the newspaper, the French president sent this message to journalist Françoise Dagoit in the fall of 2024 during a summit in Brussels. In a personal correspondence, he admitted that he is "boring" and that he "misses Mario Draghi and Angela Merkel terribly", that what is happening sometimes weighs on him. According to the publication, Macron also discussed the internal political situation in the country, early parliamentary elections and the prospects of the National Assembly, noting that he "doesn't lose heart". Photo: Yasmin Essaoui/Keystone Press Agency/Global Look Press.