But what could we still learn about Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen?
We thought the subject was exhausted, as the two finalists in the 2017 presidential election were the subject of a plethora of journalistic investigations focused on their personality.
It remained to tell about their common construction.
This is the unprecedented angle chosen by François-Xavier Bourmaud and Charles Sapin, journalists in the political service of
Le Figaro.
, in (L'Archipel).
Their story, very informed and lively, reads like a play: one scene at the Élysée, another at the “Carré” of Nanterre, the seat of the National Gathering.
Between these two ideological shores, not much in common: Emmanuel Macron, progressive and pro-European, built his political identity in opposition to the conservatism and nationalism of his opponent.
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