The more substantive popular verdict on new French president Emmanuel Macron's political agenda will come in June, says Steven Andrew, with the election of representatives to the country's National Assembly.
The result of one of the most combative French presidential elections in recent years was in line with opinion polls and saw the centrist Emmanuel Macron chosen as the new leader of the country, defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen by 66.06% of the vote to 33.94%. This marks an important shift in the narrative around European politics - not all popular discontent in Europe can be channelled as anti-European Union (EU) or purely nationalistic. Macron's victory is certainly good news for political supporters of the European project as his programme focuses on a deeper integration...
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