France

Unknown to the public barely two years ago, never elected, no longer a member of a political party and defining himself as “neither left nor right”, he is now – according to polls – the favourite to become France’s next president This is Emmanuel Macron a 39 year old millionaire and former banker who is running against the establishment while gathering large crowds at his rallies and promising to help the forgotten people. Macron presents himself as the energetic outsider, determined to break what he calls the “complacency and vacuity” of the French political system. At the head of a youthful movement, En Marche! (Let’s Go!), he wants to “re-forge France’s politics, culture and ideology” Sounds familiar!