Is Macron's quick tongue his biggest weakness?


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Jun 2018

PARIS (Reuters) - In his first year in office, French President Emmanuel Macron has had some big wins -- he's changed labour rules to make hiring and firing easier, stared down unions to overhaul the state-run rail company and tamed the budget deficit for the first time in a decade.

But there is one area in which the restless 40-year-old is having less success -- his sometimes abrasive manner seems to be rubbing French voters and some foreign leaders up the wrong way.

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