An Emmanuel Macron victory would give the EU a chance to save itself | Martin Kettle

The French frontrunner wants reform. In different circumstances he could have been Britain’s ally

Most British politicians are blissfully ignorant about French politics. Fixated by events in Washington, they rarely think about those just across the Channel. Every Whitehall spad will know the name of the mayor of New York; perhaps only one in a hundred could identify the mayor of Paris.

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