French business elite cut Macron slack for slower reform pace


  • World
  • Sunday, 07 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 5, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Pool/File Photo

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - Assailed by social unrest and lagging in opinion polls, French President Emmanuel Macron has for now managed to cling on to a well of support from company leaders in France even as his reform push loses momentum.

Executives attending an annual economic conference in Aix-en-Provence were more than happy to cut Macron slack for the setbacks the 41-year-old's pro-business overhaul of the country has faced.

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