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Macron's nightmare is complete

20 June 2022

5:09 PM

20 June 2022

5:09 PM

French president Emmanuel Macron has been humiliated by voters, weeks after being re-elected by an unenthusiastic electorate.

The hyper-president with ambitions to lead Europe looks like he will not even be able to lead France. His legislative project, headlined by pension reform and raising the retirement age, appears doomed. France looks more ungovernable than ever.

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