Emmanuel Macron says it had become urgent to introduce a EU-wide ban through new legislation after France's Constitutional Council struck down a national bill this summer before it was due to take effect in September

"L'urgence est là", a insisté le président français dans un courrier adressé à la chef de l'exécutif européen, dans lequel il appelle à "protéger tous les enfants de l'Union".

France is preparing a second attempt at restricting social media for children under 15 while President Emmanuel Macron presses Brussels to turn the same age limit into a common…