Why Macron matters
France’s president presents a cautionary tale for centrists everywhere
WHEN HE WAS first elected president of France in 2017, Emmanuel Macron immediately became a standard-bearer for radical centrism. He was young, clever and eminently reasonable. Also, it was a time of panic for liberals.
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