Macron Offers Something for Everyone in French Policy Plan

  • French front-runner holds two-hour presentation in Paris
  • Slaps at legal problems of main rivals Fillon and Le Pen

Macron Unveils Platform as Fillon’s Legal Woes Mount

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French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron presented a platform that calls for cutting costs and bureaucracy to boost hiring, and promoting investment in what he called the economy of the future.

Macron has been under fire from rivals for what they say has been the vagueness of his program. In a two-hour presentation on Thursday, he detailed his proposals in what he termed six main priorities: education, work, economic modernization, security, democratic renewal and international engagement.