{"id":13251,"date":"2026-05-10T11:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/13251\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:54:08","slug":"frances-macron-goes-for-a-morning-jog-in-alexandria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/13251\/","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s Macron Goes for a Morning Jog in Alexandria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a refreshingly casual moment that is currently trending on Egyptian social media, France\u2019s President Emmanuel Macron was <a href=\"https:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/NewsContent\/1\/1234\/567646\/Egypt\/Foreign-Affairs\/Macron%E2%80%99s-morning-run-in-Alexandria-sparks-praise-f.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spotted<\/a> enjoying a relaxed morning run through the bustling streets of Alexandria on Sunday, 10 May.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Video footage circulating widely shows Macron jogging along Khaled Ibn Al-Walid Street toward Al-Essawy Street, blending in with everyday life as traffic and pedestrians carried on normally around him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There were also no massive motorcades or blocked roads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This comes right after Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/NewsContentP\/1\/567611\/Egypt\/Macron-salutes-Egypt-role-in-building-Francophonie.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inaugurated<\/a> the new headquarters of Universit\u00e9 Senghor in Borg El Arab, part of his official visit to Egypt, strengthening cultural and diplomatic ties between France and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The visit also <a href=\"https:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/NewsContent\/1\/1234\/567627\/Egypt\/Foreign-Affairs\/Presidents-ElSisi,-Macron-tour-Alexandria%E2%80%99s-Qaitba.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">included<\/a> warm moments with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi along the Alexandria Corniche and at historic sites, such as the citadel, underscoring the friendship between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first visit to Egypt by Macron. Last April, Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/egyptianstreets.com\/2025\/04\/07\/macron-tours-old-cairo-with-president-el-sisi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">received<\/a> a warm reception in Cairo as he began a three-day official visit to Egypt, joining President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi for a stroll through the historic Khan El-Khalili district.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders walked through Al-Hussein Square and paused outside the Al-Hussein Mosque, where crowds greeted them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.egyptianstreets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shopify-banner.png\" alt=\"Shop Egyptian Streets Store\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 In a refreshingly casual moment that is currently trending on Egyptian social media, France\u2019s President Emmanuel Macron&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9920,1528,1668,5,42,561,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-13251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-alexandria","9":"tag-egypt","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-french-president","13":"tag-macron","14":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}