Factbox - Fighter pilot, maths wizard, taekwondo blackbelt; Macron's would-be MPs


  • World
  • Friday, 12 May 2017

PARIS (Reuters) - They are 214 men and 214 women, an ex-fighter pilot here, a mathematician there. Just over half have never been elected before, and only 5 percent are sitting MPs.

With an average age of 46, these are the people President elect Emmanuel Macron hopes will enter the Paris National Assembly parliament building on June 27 and change French politics for good.

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