Macron Opponents Face Hostility From French Business Chiefs
- Meeting host criticizes ‘dangerous’ campaign programs
- Far-right and leftist group struggle to convince entrepreneurs
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The far-right and leftist political forces vying to take power in France faced a hostile reception from entrepreneurs as they laid out competing visions that featured scant detail on how to fix the public finances.
With the first round of a snap parliamentary vote called by President Emmanuel Macron just 10 days away, a hustings in Paris hosted by the country’s business lobby, Medef, sought to grill candidates seeking to supplant the head of state’s party from government.