One of the biggest problems Emmanuel Macron faced when he became President for the first time back in 2017 was the matter of his political identity. He himself said that he was neither right nor left, but the French people were only prepared to swallow that for as long as it took for him to face his first crisis – in this case, the gilets-jaunes.
Macron in rainbow coalition talks after hard-left victory
French president’s gamble to beat Le Pen leaves him trying to form new government with radical Melanchon
