Speculation swirls over who will succeed lame duck Macron
Marine Le Pen, of the Far-Right, is already acting like a President-in-waiting. But her estranged niece could muddy the water.
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Marine Le Pen, of the Far-Right, is already acting like a President-in-waiting. But her estranged niece could muddy the water.
Emmanuel Macron has more than three-and-a-half years remaining of his time in office and French presidents are not best known for throwing in the towel.
The latest polls indicate that Marine Le Pen – who has pledged to reverse Macron’s pension reform – would be the front-runner in the next French election.
Macron was betting that the sages would declare his reforms to be legal, and they did not disappoint.
France’s minister for the economy, Bruno Le Maire, is the most experienced member of Emmanuel Macron’s top team. But the rivalry between the two seems to be intensifying.
As Macron’s representative on Earth, Elisabeth Borne has been tasked with tackling the thorniest issue of his time in office.
The horsetrading and huffs following President Macron’s ministerial appointments leave Call My Agent in the shade.
Is it because of the French President’s arrogance, or in spite of it, that he retains voters in rural Brittany?
As hordes of would-be candidates crawl out of the woodwork, the President is staring down the barrel of a tough election. But only a fool would write him off.
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