The Mayor of Rome has responded to French President Emmanuel Macron ’s vow to “fight hard” to keep Emily in Paris from moving to Italy for good. The hit Netflix series’ fourth season showed Emily Cooper ( Lily Collins ) relocating from Paris to Rome for her job with a luxury marketing firm. On Wednesday, October 9, Macron, 46, told Variety that Emily in Paris is “good for the image of France.
[It] is super-positive in terms of attractiveness for the country.” Macron added: “We will fight hard. And we will ask them to remain in Paris! Emily in Paris in Rome doesn‘t make sense.
” When reached Wednesday to respond to Macron’s comment, Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri did not mince words. “Doesn’t President Macron have more pressing matters to worry about?” Gualtieri told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. “I would like to believe, at least I would like to hope, that Macron was joking, because he ought to know that a production company like Netflix does not take orders from heads of state or make decisions based on political pressure.
” The mayor continued, “There are perhaps a few more pressing issues for the French president. For example, there [are] a couple of wars going on in Ukraine and in the Middle East, there is a horrible hurricane that hit America and which is linked to climate change, and a few other matters of state in Europe for Macron that are more important than Emily, I imagine.” In conclusion, Gualtieri said: “We see Emily’s .