Macron’s Love Affair With Big Tech Ends With Call for More Laws

Emmanuel Macron’s tech minister signaled that the days of seeing eye-to-eye with digital giants are over.

The French president has levied a tax on global technology behemoths to make them contribute to state coffers like their brick-and-mortar peers. Now, Macron -- who posed with two Apple iPhones on his first official portrait after taking office -- wants more regulations for companies like Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.‘s Googleand Amazon.com Inc.

“The body language is changing,” Cedric O, the French minister for digital affairs, said in an interview at Macron’s former office overlooking the Seine. “France aims to ...