Macron 2.0: French president seeks reset button with national debate
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To his allies, Emmanuel Macron’s letter to the French launching a national policy debate was a bold exercise in democracy. To his critics, Sunday’s missive was an empty, wordy gesture by an aloof ‘King Macron’ determined to retain core economic reforms.