Overview
- An official decree made George Clooney, Amal Clooney and their twins French citizens in late December.
- President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social deriding the couple's politics and calling their move to France "good news."
- Junior interior minister Marie-Pierre Vedrenne said some people perceive a "double standard" given Clooney's limited command of French.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and the foreign ministry said the case satisfied legal criteria following security checks and prefecture interviews.
- New immigration rules starting January 1 require a university-level French certificate and a civic knowledge test, a contrast critics highlight.