What Macron’s win means for France and the EU ... and for Ukraine

If the re-elected French president plays his cards right, Europe will be beefed up in its standoff with Russia

25 April 2022 - 19:49 By Lionel Laurent

In 2017, France bucked the populist trend by voting for Emmanuel Macron against europhobic Marine Le Pen. In 2022, it has done so again — just as Slovenia looks set to eject its nationalist leader...

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