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EDITORIAL. The president-candidate assumes his new conversion: finished the start-up nation, make way for planning and economic sovereignty.
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By Pierre Antoine Delhommais
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Emmanuel Macron said he had changed since his arrival at the Élysée. It is no longer possible to doubt it after the presentation to the press of its economic program. He, who five years ago was the enthusiastic promoter of a “start-up nation” open to globalization and free trade, is now posing as an intractable defender of sovereignty and economic independence, and he praises the effectiveness of protectionist shields. He who, in 2017, promised to reduce the weight and the role of the State in the economy to release the energies of the private sector no longer hesitates to praise planning and even goes so far as to mention nationalization projects.
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