Macron aims to take pulse of nation on political tour de France
Last modified on Wed 2 Jun 2021 07.37 EDT Emmanuel Macron has set off on his six-week political tour de France aimed at “taking the pulse” of the country as it emerges from the coronavirus crisis. In the run-up to regional elections this month and, more importantly, the presidential battle next year, the French leader will make two regional visits a week until mid-July. The meet-the-French exercise is aimed at promoting what he calls the “forgotten successes” of his last four years in office, overshadowed by 14 months of on-off coronavirus lockdowns and before that more than a year of...
Source: theguardian.com
