Cities in uproar over the Netflix series

 

Emmanuel Macron

Rome and Paris fight over Netflix series
The President: "We will fight hard"

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Updated 13.27 | Published 12.43

The future of the Netflix series "Emily in Paris" has caused a big row between the French president and the mayor of Rome.

The popular Netflix series "Emily in Paris" has become a success - also for France's tourism industry. So President Emmanuel Macron was concerned when he learned that the series was about to leave the French capital.

 

       

        Lily Collins plays "Emily in Paris", or will it be in Rome...? Press photo. Photo: Netflix

 

Parts of the fourth season take place in Rome, where Emily (Lily Collins) moves with her new love.

- We will fight hard. And we will ask them to stay in Paris! "Emily in Paris" in Rome will be incomprehensible, Macron recently said in an interview with Variety magazine.

Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Christophe Ena / AP

The Mayor: Doesn't the president have more important things to do

The play prompted the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, to react.

"Doesn't President Macron have more important things to worry about," Gualtieri wondered in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter, adding:

"We see Emily's move to Rome as a confirmation that our city is becoming increasingly important and more attractive," writes Gualtieri, concluding that Macron should "take it easy."