Macron’s high wire act: can anyone defeat the French President?
His critics see flip-flop, while his admirers say he skewers both left and right, and captures the contradictions of France. But his biggest job is just to keep his balance through the pandemic.
The pandemic has subsumed the second half of Macron’s five-year term and threatens to co-opt completely his campaign for re-election. AP
“There are no holidays, no weekends in this battle. … We must vaccinate every day. Vaccinate in the evening, and even later. All hands on deck!”
This was French President Emmanuel Macron, captaining from the bridge – well, a vaccination centre – during a recent walkabout and photo op as France crests the inexorable European third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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