Macron to host call with EU leaders on social media ban for minors

FILE PHOTO: Teenagers look at their mobile phone screens during an interview with Reuters about the bill aimed at banning the use of social networks for those under 15 and mobile phones in high schools from the start of the 2026 school year, in Paris, France, February 20, 2026. REUTERS/Manuel Ausloos/File Photo

PARIS, April ⁠14 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel ⁠Macron will host a video ‌call with other EU leaders and European Commission President Ursula von der ​Leyen to push for ⁠a coordinated ⁠approach on banning social media for ⁠minors, ‌Macron's office said Tuesday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro ⁠Sanchez and representatives of Italy, the ​Netherlands ‌and Ireland will attend the ⁠conference ​call, among others, on Thursday, Macron's office said, adding that ⁠the final list of ​attendees will be announced later.

"The main goal is to act in ⁠a coordinated manner and push the European Commission, in the positive sense of the ​term, to move ⁠ahead at the same pace ​as member states," ‌a presidential aide told ​reporters.

(Reporting by Michel Rose; Editing by Makini Brice)