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The French Fifth Republic and the Cult of Personality

I think that's really interesting though John because that would suggest that actually and I kind of do think this that kind of built into the French fifth republic is a kind of bias towards the cult of personality. No one had a Macron in 2013 he was just a junior person with the even finance and that stage he was an economic advisor to Hollande. So who knows who might emerge between between now and 2027 there is a sort of vacuum there to be filled but then that's the nature of the question you ask it could be something completely different to my new.

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