PREVIEW: #FRANCE: #MACRON. 'ExceRpt from a conversation three years ago with Econmist Gfrance correspondent Sophie Pedder re her biograohy of Emanuel Macron as he was preparing to run for his second term -- and how Macron's famous unpredictable goings-on

Mar 30, 09:16 PM

PREVIEW: #FRANCE: #MACRON.  'ExceRpt from a conversation three years ago with Econmist Gfrance correspondent Sophie Pedder re her biograohy of Emanuel Macron as he was preparing to run for his second term -- and how Macron's famous unpredictable goings-on must be explained also in the observation that he entertained the notion of becoming a philosopher.  More later tonight.

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RévolutionFrançaise, by Sophie Pedder.  @PedderSophie

https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Française-Emmanuel-Macron-reinvent/dp/1472948602

The extraordinary story of how an outsider candidate—an unknown technocrat and economics minister on the fringes of French politics—made his way to the Élysée palace, with expert analysis of his first year in office.

Two years after Emmanuel Macron came from nowhere to seize the French presidency, Sophie Pedder, The Economist's Paris bureau chief, tells the story of his remarkable rise and time in office so far. In this paperback edition, published with a new foreword by the author, Pedder reflects on Macron's troubles and triumphs: his dwindling popularity: the 'gilets jaunes' protests and resulting civil unrest: his efforts to transform France and lead the global fight against climate change: the Benalla affair; his erratic relationships with Angela Merkel, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Theresa May, and the future of the European project.