Macron was the great hope for centrists. Despite his struggles, the hope is not lost
Consider a tale of two New Year’s Eve messages. Boris Johnson, speaking from London on social media, was brief, jolly and vacuous. Emmanuel Macron, speaking from Paris on nationwide television, was wordy, abstract and downbeat.
President Macron pledged that the 2020s would be a decade led by “France and Europe”. He managed to make even that sound dull. Johnson spoke in the giddy aftermath of a great election victory. Macron spoke during the longest rail and metro strike in recent French history.
It will soon be three years since Macron was hailed as the world’s centrist saviour, the hero of middle of the roaders everywhere.… Seguir leyendo »