The 'Macron Miracle' Could Transform France Into a Global Powerhouse

Celia Belin, Boris Toucas

Security, Europe

The challenge now is for France to build up credibility and gain a reputation of reliability, for startups often die from failing to transform an idea into a working business model.

One month after his stunning victory, and three days before an unexpectedly large parliamentary win for his newly created party (La République en Marche), Emmanuel Macron, the youngest president of the French Fifth Republic, had every reason to be optimistic and enthusiastic.