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Macron-Scholz: "Tandem pedaling"

12/10/2021, 7:50:33 PM


The editorial of Le Figaro, by Philippe Gélie. The ENA used to have a so-called “group pedaling” event, in which there was no point in coming first if you weren't able to keep your teammates moving at the same pace. This is the challenge that Emmanuel Macron will have to take up during his presidency of the European Union, which will coincide with his electoral campaign. This first of the class got acquainted on Friday with his new Franco-Germ

The ENA used to have a so-called “group pedaling” event, in which there was no point in coming first if you weren't able to keep your teammates moving at the same pace. This is the challenge that Emmanuel Macron will have to take up during his presidency of the European Union, which will coincide with his electoral campaign. This first of the class got acquainted on Friday with his new Franco-German tandem partner, Olaf Scholz. A little guy with an enigmatic smile, who does not look like much but has shown his skill and tenacity to succeed Angela Merkel. His strength, say those who know him, often comes from being underestimated. To whom he compared with contempt to a Smurf, he replied not without cunning:

"They are small, clever and they win every time!"

In a two-hour lecture, an intellectual performance as remarkable as it is exhausting, the French president on Thursday exposed his battle plan for a semester ...

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