Editor’s Note: This blog is part of an ongoing series of contributions from participants in The German Marshall Fund’s flagship leadership development program, The Marshall Memorial Fellowship (MMF).
With a steady gait Emmanuel Macron took his victory lap through the Louvre esplanade, marching to the tune of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy — the official anthem of the European Union. As the youngest president in France’s history, he offers a new generation of voters hope with his vision of national unity, economic reform, and respect for multilateral institutions. Over the next five years, he offers the potential to shift the political order …read more