Dr Françoise Boucek writes for Chatham House about Emmanuel Macron’s delicate balancing act as he chooses his team to reform France: “Macron will need that mandate. Weaning French citizens off their long-standing dependency on the state means that his government will still have to contend with the street − strikes and mass protests − in the months and years ahead. Even the mildest of reformers in the past from both the left and the right often failed that challenge.”More »