If re-elected, the president will have a second chance to launch his reforms. Who could he draw inspiration from? Schröder, Persson, Chretien, Blair, Cameron?
By Luc de Barochez
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UCan a president who fails to reform during his first term make up for it during a second? Only the future will make it possible to judge the action of Emmanuel Macron, in the event that the French decide to re-elect him. But the history of recent decades in a few democracies comparable to ours calls for caution.
If we review the exemplary structural reforms that have been undertaken in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom or Canada, the conclusion is clear. Heads of government who have remained in the collective memory as great reformers set about cleaning up the stables of Augeas as soon as they came to power. They took unpopular, even painful measures. This did not prevent them from being re-elected for a d…
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