Emmanuel Macron: the Mozart of finance plays a new tune

Largely unknown to the public just three years ago, Emmanuel Macron has undergone a rocket-powered ascent through France’s hidebound political system.

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Emmanuel Macron: rocket-powered ascent
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Ahead of an interview with French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron last month, The Sunday Times tracked down some of his friends. Three things were striking. "The first is that everyone says he is brilliant exceptional, talented, gifted. The second is that Macron is his own man, servant only to [his wife] Brigitte. He has left everyone else family and friends behind. The third is that he is as ambiguous as a 17th-century cardinal."

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