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The growing presidential ambitions of Hollande's former aide

As economy minister Emmanuel Macron rises in polls, his mentor President Hollande is under pressure to slap him down - or sack him.

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Two weeks after he launched a new political “movement”, France’s whizz-kid economy minister Emmanuel Macron is on the move in the opinion polls, reports The Independent.

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