How Emmanuel Macron ‘will not be a lame duck’ for his second term

Far-right National Rally party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election Marine Le Pen arrives at her party headquarters in Paris after her defeat in the second round of the election. Yves Herman/Reuters

Henry Samuel and James Crisp
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Emmanuel Macron will be no lame duck in his second term, his camp said yesterday, as leaders of the hard-right and left plotted to block the re-elected French president from securing a majority in the parliamentary elections.

The 44-year-old centrist faces a fierce battle to push through reforms to reboot the French economy and counter rising living costs.