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Deep in Macron Country

by helenlewiswrites | May 7, 2017 | archive

As I step off the train in Roquefort, southern France, I sniff the air appreciatively. It’s so good to be out of the Paris bubble, meeting some authentic French people to answer the biggest question in European politics: why did so many people vote for Emmanuel Macron? Was it a lack of economic anxiety, or a lack of racism?

I went Deep in Macron Country to understand the appeal of this liberal, pro-European centrist.

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