The Macron Effect
Lucy Williamson looks at Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 first year in office, and what the Macron Effect is doing for France 鈥� and Europe.
When Emmanuel Macron followed up his victory in France鈥檚 presidential election with another win in the parliamentary elections, he looked set to carry out his promise to change France. Journalists wrote excited articles explaining how the Macron 'effect' was going to make France one of the world鈥檚 major powers and end Germany鈥檚 economic dominance of Europe. Macron even said he wanted to rule as a 鈥楯upiter鈥�, above the political fray but just a few months later things were already looking very different. The reality of enacting painful economic reforms has led to protests on the streets and a plummeting popularity rating.
主播大秀 Paris correspondent, Lucy Williamson, looks at Macron鈥檚 first 12 months in office and examines what he is actually doing for France 鈥� and Europe.
(Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron answers reporters in the White House, 2018. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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