MEDIAWATCH - 'Macron-economy' pun already worn out

2014-08-27 8

After his surprise appointment on Tuesday, Wednesday's buzz in France has been about Emmanuel Macron. Just 36 and a former Rothschild banker, he is the new Economy Minister. One paper says he is the face of a realigned social-democratic Socialist Party committed to austerity as the path to sound finances. Some French Socialists are crying betrayal. One tweeted a picture of a wilting Socialist Party rose. Across the Channel, meanwhile, one paper focuses on how "ridiculously good-looking" he is.



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