Emmanuel #Macron projects himself as having no past and no allegiances. But he’s very well connected to huge networks of influence.https://twitter.com/LMDiplo/status/837728607095164928 …
“Emmanuel Macron is facing a damaging political scandal after one of the French president’s top security officers was filmed hitting and stamping on a young man at a Paris demonstration while dressed as a police officer.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/emmanuel-macron-security-official-alexandre-benalla-filmed-hitting-protester …
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I’m old enough to remember when Macron was the Great Liberal Hope™https://twitter.com/afpfr/status/1021986591445843970?s=21 …
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@LucyWilliamson: “rarely has this champion of democratic values been so openly dismissive of the fourth estate. ... Mr Macron's apparent anger at being targeted like this says as much about his style of leadership as the media itself.”https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44957657 …Show this thread -
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@cjbickerton’s September 2017 assessment of Macronism as “little more than rhetoric and hubris, backed up with conventional neoliberal policies” whose “growing unpopularity gives us a better picture of what he has to offer” proved prescient https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/opinion/emmanuel-macron-popularity.html …pic.twitter.com/iGQB0r36HY
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@EmmanuelMacron’s approach to Press Freedom:https://twitter.com/paulinebock/status/1033012012505354241?s=21 …Show this thread -
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@IfopOpinion: “The benevolent mood towards Mr Macron has soured, and most people are now disappointed [with his performance] … There’s a growing feeling among voters that his policies are unfair.” https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1009146/emmanuel-macron-news-poll-latest-france …pic.twitter.com/0jojN0VuFY
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“those in the broad economic and social tiers below the elite complain that they are paying the price as Mr. Macron makes France more capitalist, forsaking traditions of equality and fraternity in favor of the rich.”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/23/world/europe/france-emmanuel-macron.html#click=https://t.co/VrGtOFXXDd …
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“Emmanuel Macron’s government has suffered its third ministerial departure in as many months after the French president reversed his initial refusal and accepted the resignation of the interior minister Gérard Collomb.”https://www.google.de/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/cdf957d4-c6c4-11e8-ba8f-ee390057b8c9 …
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“Meanwhile, as potentially the biggest protest of his presidency gathers steam, protesters mock him relentlessly as "Micron" or "Macaron" (Macaroon) or simply Manu, the short form of Emmanuel, for which he famously scolded a student for using.”https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-46233560 …
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