President Macron’s expensive tat

The French leader is resorting to some desperate measures in a drive to make money.

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President Macron's on a mission to sell tat
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As this column has in the past documented, former prime minister Tony Blair set a new standard for cashing in on the prestige of his office once he no longer occupied it. But even Blair would have baulked at flogging T-shirts and mugs to profit from his public profile. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is not so shy.

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