What Was Macron Thinking? G-7 Leaders Lament His Risky Bet
- France’s leader displayed none of his usual swagger at the G-7
- Macron hits back: says others see him as “courageous”
Emmanuel Macron
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Emmanuel Macron isn’t one for keeping a low profile. Typically, at the Group of Seven meetings, he’s one of the loudest voices in the room. But right now, he’s looking more like a spent force.
As he filed in to meet fellow leaders in southern Italy for their annual summit, the man who once compared himself to the Roman god Jupiter cast an unusually desultory figure. UK prime minister Rishi Sunak was supposed to be the lamest of the lame ducks in attendance, having called an early election he’s set to lose. But that was before disastrous European election results inspired Macron to take a similar plunge.