2026年10月21日，在卡塔尔卢塞尔举行的“一个地球”主权财富基金网络第九届年度峰会上，法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙（中）与卡塔尔首相穆罕默德·本·阿卜杜拉赫曼·阿勒萨尼（左）及卡塔尔国家元首塔米姆·本·哈马德·阿勒萨尼在一起。
French President Emmanuel Macron, flanked by Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (left) and Qatar's head of state, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at the 9th annual summit of the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds network, in Lusail, Qatar, October 21, 2026.
当他的政府正与10月17日游行示威暴力事件引发的政治危机艰难博弈时，他在波斯湾海岸做什么？10月21日周三，正值埃马纽埃尔·马克龙对阿拉伯海湾君主国（科威特、巴林、阿拉伯联合酋长国、卡塔尔和沙特阿拉伯）旋风般访问的三天行程的最后一天，巴黎对一位“缺席的共和国总统”的批评声浪不断高涨，正如他的前任弗朗索瓦·奥朗德所言。前总理爱德华·菲利普认为此次出访“不被理解”，并称国家“需要被领导”。
What was he doing on the shores of the Persian Gulf while his government wrestled with the political crisis sparked by the violence during the October 17 demonstrations? On Wednesday, October 21, the third and final day of Emmanuel Macron's whirlwind tour of Arab Gulf monarchies (Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia), criticism mounted in Paris against an "absent president of the Republic," as his predecessor François Hollande put it. Former prime minister Edouard Philippe judged that the trip "was not understood," and said the country "needs to be led."
“我们当中有几个人曾试图劝阻他离开，但他心意已决，”伦敦国际战略研究所欧洲顾问弗朗索瓦·海斯堡遗憾地表示。他形容此次出访“与现实脱节，表明总统没有掌握国内正在发生的事情”。在保持了两天的沉默后，马克龙于周三在多哈针对这些“评论”援引了自己的“责任”。这位法国总统曾考虑推迟此次访问，但最终决定继续成行，以免表现出“紧张”：“国家最高层的手绝不能颤抖。”
"A few of us tried to dissuade him from leaving, but he was determined," lamented François Heisbourg, Europe adviser at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, who described the trip as "out of touch with reality, showing that the president has not grasped what is happening in the country." In response to these "comments," Macron, after two days of silence, invoked his "responsibility" in Doha on Wednesday. The French president had considered postponing the trip, but ultimately decided to go ahead so as not to show "nervousness": "The hand must not tremble at the top of the state."
他认为自己已在周日晚间的电视讲话中表达了“愤怒”与“羞耻”，从而履行了自己的职责，并表示他已为政府提供了一个“充分的路线图”，同时与总理塞巴斯蒂安·勒科尔尼和内政部长洛朗·努涅斯保持着“一天两次”的日常联系。在周四上午回国后，他将在安全委员会会议上会见他们以及情报部门，以回顾过去周末的情况并为接下来的周末做准备，届时已有人号召举行新的示威活动。
He believed he had fulfilled his role by expressing his "anger" and "shame" in his televised address on Sunday night, and said he had given the government a "sufficient roadmap," all while maintaining daily contact with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez "twice a day." Upon his return on Thursday morning, he was to meet with them and the intelligence services at a security council meeting to review the past weekend and prepare for the next, as new demonstrations were called.