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President-elect Emmanuel Macron of France waving to supporters on Sunday. Credit Patrick Kovarik/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Macron and the Revival of Europe

by Roger Cohen | May 12, 2017 | Opinion

It’s not just that Emmanuel Macron won and will become, at the age of 39, France’s youngest president. It’s not merely that he defeated, in Marine Le Pen, the forces of xenophobic nationalism exploited by President Donald Trump. It’s that he won with a bold stand for...

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The centrist president-elect Emmanuel Macron is expected to pick several familiar faces from the Socialist party of outgoing President Francois Hollande (right) for the French parliamentary elections (AFP Photo/PHILIPPE WOJAZER)

Newcomers Enlisted by Macron’s Party for Parliamentary Election

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 11, 2017 | World

French president-elect Emmanuel Macron’s party on Thursday unveiled more than 400 candidates who will stand in parliamentary elections in June, with half of them newcomers to politics and half of them women. Pro-Europe centrist Macron, 39, was elected on Sunday...

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French President-elect Emmanuel Macron. Reuters

Crisis or Stasis?

by Ross Douthat | May 11, 2017 | Opinion

After the cascading weirdness of recent Western history, the results from France’s presidential election were strangely … normal. All the hours that Trump-traumatized commentators spent imagining how Marine Le Pen could get from the low 40s to striking distance turned...

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Emmanuel Macron. photo : FRED TANNEAU/AFP

Cabinet Selections to Rock France after Macron Win

by Michel Abu Najm | May 11, 2017 | World

Paris – Despite his sweeping victory over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, elected French president Emmanuel Macron’s job will not be easy, the way carved to the Élysée Palace is not a bed of roses. After the excitement of winning simmers, Macron’s task on...

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Outgoing French President Francois Hollande (R) and President-elect Emmanuel Macron attend a ceremony to mark the end of World War II at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, May 8, 2017. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)

Unemployment, Terrorism, Europe Are Macron’s Main Challenges

by Michel Abu Najm | May 9, 2017 | World

Paris – French President-elect Emmanuel Macron will face major internal and global challenges represented in lowering unemployment rates, fighting terrorism and reforming the European Union. France faces high unemployment rates that have reached 10 percent, while...