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Macron's pro-business policy failed to create jobs or halt far-right

Many observers agree that Emmanuel Macron's latest appointment as prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, represents his last chance before being forced to again dissolve the hung parliament for fresh elections, in which case the far-right has high hopes of finding a majority among an electorate struggling financially and disillusioned by the French president's pandering to the wealthy.   

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For the past decade, the far right has been edging closer to power in France. And for the past eight years, the overarching response of President Emmanuel Macron has been the same: to make France more business-friendly, on the theory that a growing economy could serve as a bulwark, reports The New York Times.

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