French President Emmanuel Macron stands near newly-named Chief of the Defence Staff French Army General Francois Lecointre during a visit at the military base in Istres, southern France, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Arnold Jerocki/Pool
PARIS (Reuters) - In Emmanuel Macron's traditional presidential portrait destined to adorn town halls across France, a pair of iPhones and a copy of national hero Charles de Gaulle's memoirs lie on his desk.
The photograph is meant to portray a young, modern leader who is also the heir of the general who led resistance to Nazi Germany in World War Two and founded the Fifth Republic in 1958.
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