RW Johnson: The Denouement of Emmanuel Macron

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France is in the midst of a political and financial crisis, triggered by Prime Minister Bayrou's inability to reduce the budget deficit. President Macron now has three options.

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Forty-seven-year-old President Emmanuel Macron, once dubbed the "Mozart of Finance", has led the country into an unenviable situation in his second term at the Elysee Palace. He is assisting in a historic recession. The French government risks collapse, the prime minister has announced a vote of confidence. France is primarily burdened by debt. The public finance deficit for this year is 5.4 percent of GDP and the debt is the third highest in th…