Macron, 39, interviewed for 2-1/2 hours on France 2 television, took a tough stance on the top foreign policy issue of the day, calling for military intervention against Assad if his government was found to have carried out a suspected chemical attack that killed at least 70 people on Tuesday.

„An international intervention is needed … My preference is that there should be an intervention under the auspices of the United Nations. A military intervention,“ Macron said.