“Emily in Paris in Rome makes no sense.” “We will fight hard. And we will ask them to stay in Paris.” The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, is lapidary: an interview with ‘Variety’, he expresses this hope about the popular Netflix drama, after the last season, the fourth, which ended with the main character’s (Lily Collins) move to Rome.
For the tenant of the Elysée, the series has brought vitality and good attraction for tourists to the country and the capital. He loves the series so much that his wife, leading lady Brigitte, appeared in an episode of the last season.

The appearance of which the president says he is “very proud”. Brigitte “was very happy to do it”, continues Macron: it’s only a cameo of “a few minutes, but I think it was a beautiful moment for her. I think it’s good for the image of France”. When asked if he is also willing to make an appearance, Macron replies with irony: “I am not as attractive as Brigitte”.

“Dear Emmanuel Macron, don’t worry: Emily is doing very well in Rome. And then the heart is not in charge: we let her choose.” And then a winking emoticon.
This is what the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri wrote about it

In the final season, after another back and forth with Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), Emily chooses a new Italian love, Marcello (played by Eugenio Franceschini) and is moved by her employer to Rome to follow his company. However, Gabriel is the unknown factor: based on what we saw in the last episode, he could take a plane to get his girlfriend. We’ll see (us, and President Macron too).

Since its launch in 2020, the series has wowed audiences and made headlines. There are those who loved him a lot, those who criticized him, especially in France and especially at the beginning, for following the image of the City of Light with too many stereotypes.

Emily Cooper’s European adventures, between Paris and Rome, are not over yet. After the release of the fourth season in the summer of 2024, Netflix has officially given the green light to the fifth one, confirming the news with a video featuring Lily Collins. “There’s no place in the world like Rome,” the actress says before sipping from an Emily in Paris coffee mug, which features a large “5” stamped on the bottom.

The series left Emily, the American marketing executive who moved to Paris, as she opened a window on the rooftops of Rome… the Grateau group, and her boss Sylvie (Philippine Leroy – Beaulieu who had an affair with her the Italian friend of the advertising director Raoul Bova) asks her to stay in Italy to manage the Roman branch, and between the new-born love with Marcello and the interest in the eternal city, the game is done.

In the meantime, she started a new love story with an Italian man named Marcello Muratori, played by the actor Eugenio Franceschini: the two were seen riding around on a Vespa in the classic places known as appreciated by tourists.

Darren Star confirmed to Tudum that Emily’s “Roman vacation” will continue in season five. “That doesn’t mean it won’t be in Paris. It’ll just be in Rome too.” As for Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), the French chef, the two ended season four with Gabriel officially ending their romance, although he eventually regrets it, trying to reach out to her, but it seems she made up her mind.

There were many comments on social media about Macron’s words. Italians are very funny: one saying applies to everyone, “Let’s trade Emily for Mona Lisa”.