Is President Macron a ‘Lame Duck’ — or Is He a ‘Zombie President’?

If you’re not wondering, you haven’t been reading the French press.

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The French National Assembly at Paris, July 6, 2022. AP/Christophe Ena, file

Should Emmanuel Macron be described as a lame duck, seven months after being reelected, or even, as the right-of-center magazine Le Point had it last week, as the “Zombie president of France”? Peut-être. What is at stake is both constitutional and personal issues.

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