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More Than Just Health, COVID-19 Presents a Political Crisis for French Leader

Lisa Bryant

   PARIS - The sky-high ratings and talk of a start-up nation are long
   gone. So is the reformist agenda, pushed through over strikes and
   demonstrations.

   Twoyears before the next presidential elections,France's 42-year-old
   leader,Emmanuel Macron,is struggling to find a second wind, as the
   coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath shreds the country's economy and
   his progressive programs.

   Macron's approval ratings are underwhelming, his unifying rhetoric in
   dispute. For this week, at least, it seems the only good news has been
   regional.

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