France and UK are the largest arms dealers in Europe, so its no surprise he wants to decouple from the US market. Also, with London bleeding out like a stuck pig over Brexit, he's probably got a few attentive ears in Berlin and Zurich on the currency thing.
Domestically, it would have been a clever play five years ago. But now? Dude's already so deep in the polls that this shit won't matter. If you want French Nationalism, Le Pen doesn't have all that baggage. If you want anti-Imperialism, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is at least somewhat credible on the issue.
Macron is plowing a middle ground right into irrelevance.
France and UK are the largest arms dealers in Europe, so its no surprise he wants to decouple from the US market. Also, with London bleeding out like a stuck pig over Brexit, he's probably got a few attentive ears in Berlin and Zurich on the currency thing.
Domestically, it would have been a clever play five years ago. But now? Dude's already so deep in the polls that this shit won't matter. If you want French Nationalism, Le Pen doesn't have all that baggage. If you want anti-Imperialism, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is at least somewhat credible on the issue.
Macron is plowing a middle ground right into irrelevance.