After Vitality 's victory at IEM Melbourne 2025, they also secured the ESL Grand Slam Season 5 title. Following this achievement, the team received personal congratulations from the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.

Emmanuel Macron had previously appeared in public wearing Vitality attire; this was back in April 2022 when he was spotted with his wife on a walk in a Vitality hoodie featuring the colors of France. The collection was named French Touch. He has also been an advocate for esports in France and was instrumental in bringing the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 to the country.

Today, after the victory, he congratulated the team, saying they have elevated France to a new level.

With its Grand Slam, Vitality has elevated France to the top of esports and made our colors shine. Congratulations to the entire team!

Congratulations from presidents in esports are quite rare. A similar instance occurred only once before when NAVI was congratulated by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, after their victory at PGL Major Stockholm 2021.

More details about Vitality 's victory at IEM Melbourne 2025 can be found here, and about their achievement of the ESL Grand Slam Season 5 title here.