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W ithin the now all-consuming drive of Emmanuel Macron, Guy Verhofstadt and other European leaders to reform the EU, the European gaze has once again focused entirely on the core western…
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The French Revolution 2.0
Only 6 months after becoming the youngest French President under the 5th Republic, Emmanuel Macron is proving to the French people and the world that he’s not in…
P resident Macron in his sweeping vision of the Future of Europe (delivered on the 26th of September) correctly identifies the centrality of the Euro to the long term economic power of Europe.
Through…
I t could hardly have been a more startling contrast: just a few weeks apart, new French President Emmanuel Macron was lauded first by Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, and then by his strongest supporters.
The…
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by Joseph Hammond*
One of the first tests Emmanuel Marcon will face as French president is also an…
W hen German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly stated that she hopes Emmanuel Macron will win the French presidential elections, few were surprised. Not only have both sides been in regular contact over the past…
by Aarti Shankar
Emmanuel Macron’s victory yesterday was remarkable. Standing for elected office for the first time, aged 39, he took the presidency with 66.1% of the final round vote. He achieved this with only the…
by Aarti Shankar
Now days ahead of the final round of the French presidential election, it is independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron who looks virtually certain to emerge the winner over Marine Le Pen – who…
by Robin Huguenot-Noël*
In most European capitals, France’s decision to put Emmanuel Macron ahead in the first round of the presidential election was taken as a reassurance that France would continue to contribute to…
by Judy Dempsey
The selection of the next president of France will have profound implications for the country, for Europe, and for the Western liberal order.
France is on the cusp of a new era. In less than…