Killing them softly - Macron's EU election man challenges Brussels political order


  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Sep 2018

Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade speaks during an interview with Reuters at a cafe in Paris, France, September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Richard Lough

PARIS (Reuters) - Emmanuel Macron ripped up the French political textbook with surprising ease last year, but repeating the feat in Europe next year is a tall order when there are decades of perceived French arrogance to overcome.

Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade, Macron's European election emissary, has a front-seat role in persuading parties from across the left-right divide to rally behind the president's drive to redraw the landscape and make Europe relevant again.

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