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Emmanuel Macron’s Revolution Is a Long Time Coming
France’s 2019 budget goes in the right direction, but too slowly. The left-behind need more attention as well.
Emmanuel Macron, the man who compared himself to Jupiter, needs to reconnect with ordinary mortals.
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If you thought Emmanuel Macron would use his 2019 budget to rethink his increasingly unpopular presidency, think again. The French leader is doubling down on the pro-business agenda that he’s been pushing through since taking power last year.
There’s nothing wrong with this. Macron’s pitch to voters was that he would speed up growth by cutting the role of the state and helping companies become more competitive. He’s merely trying to deliver on this promise.