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Emmanuel Macron isn't afraid of telling it like it is -- he has called for reforms and criticized his own government. Many are pegging him as a possible successor to François Hollande.
In contrast to President François Hollande, French Economics Minister Emmanuel Macron has recently been riding on a wave of popularity in France. Roughly half the electorate thinks he would make a good head of state.
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Is the close Hollande confidant eyeing a run for the presidency in 2017? Reform-minded Macron says becoming the next French leader does not currently rank among his priorities.
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Macron describes himself as being "anti-système," or nonconformist. And this doesn't apply exclusively to politics: In his private life, he is married to Brigitte Trogneux, his former high school teacher and a woman 24 years his senior.
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