How a Tiny Circle of Advisers Helped Prod Macron to Call France’s Snap Election
New York Times
President Emmanuel Macron’s governing style has always been intensely top-down. But with far-right nationalists in France closing in on power, some believe he may have gone too far this time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/world/europe/france-macron-snap-election-decision.html