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France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron's twilight months

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France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron's twilight months

France’s worst bout of civil unrest in years has plunged President Emmanuel Macron’s final months in office deeper into turmoil, exposing the powerlessness of a leader struggling to contain social anger with little money to spend, scant political capital and an increasingly fragile grip on public order.

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