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The normally dynamic Emmanuel Macron has been strangely silent over the Benalla affair (Photo: Consilium)

Analysis

Macron's first test has come

Jupiter has fallen from his pedestal.

Just days after a picture went viral showing him on top of the world during the World Cup final, French president Emmanuel Macron - whose Greek god nickname comes from his concept of strong presidential power - is seeing his authority weakened by a parliamentary investigation amid media revelations about one of his closest security offic...

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