Macron shakes French politics with centrist push


  • World
  • Friday, 08 Apr 2016

PARIS (Reuters) - By the age of 35 he had brokered a $10 billion (7.10 billion pound) takeover deal. Could precocious investment banker turned politician Emmanuel Macron really become President of France before his 40th birthday?

French media were abuzz on Thursday with the prospect of the 38-year-old economy minister as head of state by next year after his launch of a new political movement called 'En Marche' or 'Stride Forward' on Wednesday night.

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