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Our billionaire PM and his £1 million tax bill

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Macron's Precarious Position

This is a battle of wills, and ultimately there's going to only be one victim. The French don't usually have lame duck presidents, right? Normally they just kick them out after one. Macron cannot run again. That's a new constitutional innovation that they have. He sees it as I've got this unique opportunity to conduct reform,. But the resistance that he is generating is completely fierce. There are people who are talking about, actually, this is a moment not only to reform the fifth republic, but to have that sixth republic. You're going to end up with your favourite person in charge at the Alize Palace.

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