Economy will shape Macron’s euro-area manoeuvres
Macron will need positive economic results to establish credibility with Berlin and keep French voters on his side
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- Political and economic circumstances
- Compliant parliament, shocked opposition
- Divided and weakened unions
- Euro-area crisis calmed
- Conditional, not ideological, support
- Policy prospects
- Credibility with Germany
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_350.jpg "French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France (Reuters/Yoan Vala)")