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I Think It's Inevitable That Macron Is Going to Be Open to Criticism of His Own Presidency

Macron is trying to use diplomacy and other means to bring an end to the war in eukrane at the same time as he's campaigning for the presidency. The french, i think, are feeling extremely anxious, like many in europe at the moment. And so the sort of search for stability could play in his favour. It's also meaning that, because he's spending so much time on the phone to putin or trying to talk to other europeans and other western allies about ending this war,. That he's not spending somuch time on the campaign trail. He said, for example, he won't participate in any debate until the second round - suggesting he's very

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