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Emmanuel Macron, captured from the crowd, in his short and sober 'victory' speech on Sunday night (Photo: Emma Deodorson)

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The 'Third Round' — the effort to make Macron a lame duck

Emmanuel Macron, captured from the crowd, in his short and sober 'victory' speech on Sunday night (Photo: Emma Deodorson)

Last Sunday (24 April), the sigh of relief could be heard all over Europe. France had elected the EU-friendly democrat, instead of an authoritarian, EU-hostile, ally of Putin.

The liberal centrist Emmanuel Macron was re-elected and the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen was out of the game —or so the narrative went.

But the game is not over: Macron's opponents are now mobilising for June's legislative polls in the hope of making a lame duck out of the president — and hinder his pla...

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