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The Documentary: Macron's Quest

Emmanuel Macron - French President

02/07/2017 GMT

Macron's Quest

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Macron's Quest

Who is the former banker and civil servant and how did he rise so far so fast?

Emmanuel Macron has become France's youngest-ever President at the age of 39. He created a new political movement out of nothing and defeated the populist Marine Le Pen of the Front National. But who is the former banker and civil servant and how did he rise so far so fast?
 
The BBC's Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson speaks to his old friends, his biographer, his voice coach and his political colleagues to find out how this son of two provincial doctors - who once dreamed of being a novelist or actor - has made it to the top of French politics.

(Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference at the EU Council headquarters, 2017. Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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