Emmanuel Macron is nothing if not audacious. Across Europe, mainstream politicians are being squeezed between a nativist right and radical left that are tapping into deep public anxiety about the economic, social and cultural effects of globalization. Euroskepticism everywhere is on the rise and insurgent parties are capitalizing on voter rage against current elites. Yet the 38-year-old former French economy minister—a former investment banker and graduate of a prestigious grande ecole—is plotting a run for the French...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 11, 2016 17:37 UTC