Balance of Power: Macron’s Revolution
Photos: Bloomberg, Getty; photo illustration: Tom Hall/Bloomberg
This article is for subscribers only.
Emmanuel Macron may now be the most powerful French president since Charles de Gaulle after crushing the establishment yet again in the country's National Assembly elections.
Macron's Republic on the Move party and its allies won 350 seats in the 577-strong parliament after yesterday's second round. The result is even more astonishing for the fact that his party didn't exist 14 months ago.