President Emmanuel Macron of France speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 22, 2026. Nearly a decade after his first election as president, Macron is presiding over a tense country sliding toward the fiscal brink. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) By MARK LANDLER As thousands of high school students took to the streets last week in a collective cry of youthful anger, French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to a navy ship…
