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Macron talks grandly about Europe – and then cuts a deal with Germany

18 April 2020

12:12 AM

18 April 2020

12:12 AM

Emmanuel Macron is, for all his carefully polished image as a radical moderniser (and with the possible exception of not having multiple mistresses), a very traditional French president. He protects domestic industries, especially if they happen to manufacture cars or guns. He subsidises farmers, sends soldiers to small African states, and accumulates more and more debt.

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