This is the last chance the French Centrist have to get it right. Will his policies do that?
Emmanuel Macron: What are his policies?
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Economy
Pro-market, pro-globalisation and wants sweeping reforms of France's wide range of state pension schemes
Pledged not to prop up failing businesses but to focus on helping and training those made redundant
Would make budget savings of ?60bn (£51bn; $65bn), so that France sticks to the EU deficit limit of 3% of GDP (total output)
Would make public investments worth ?50bn spread over five years for environmental measures, apprenticeships, digital innovation and public infrastructure
Would lower corporation tax to 25% from 33.3%
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Globalisation is costing the West jobs. How can he retrain people to do jobs that have gone to the Third World?
He promises austerity by cutting Government Spending. Putting more people out of work.
Then promises to spend more money.
Cutting Corporation tax might help keep jobs in France, but he needs to be bolder.
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Labour market
Would boost people's purchasing power by cutting their social security contributions, worth about ?500 annually for someone on a monthly net salary of ?2,200
Would allow firms flexibility on the 35-hour working week - but extra hours worked would be free of social security deductions
Would maintain retirement age at 62 but unify pension rules to reduce complexity
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He's going to cut taxes so they can spend more on imported goods. So forget about borrowing less.
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Europe
Would reform the EU by giving the eurozone a separate budget, finance minister and parliament (MEPs from the 19 countries that use the euro)
In Brexit negotiations, would insist that EU Single Market rules apply fully to all trade partners
Would promote free trade deals like Ceta - the EU-Canada deal
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So more power to the EU. And more progress towards Europe being ruled from Brussels/Strasburg. However to solve the Euro debt crisis it needs to be controlled from Brussels/Strasburg. Let's see what all the other 25 countries think on that.
Same with the trade deals, not up to him to decide EU trade deals.
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Foreign relations
Russia: Backs sanctions put in place after the Ukraine crisis began
Syria: President Bashar al-Assad should answer for his crimes before an international tribunal
Foreign aid: Eager to increase spending in Africa but wants to help countries stand on their own two feet in defence terms
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Not up to him to decide on sanctions.
Assad is the only person capable of ruling Syria.
And again more spending.
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Immigration
Would create a 5,000-strong force of EU border guards
Would make fluency in French the main qualification for obtaining French nationality
Would give all religious leaders comprehensive training in France's secular values
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Where will the EU border guards operate and what will those countries say about it?
Speaking French is a good idea.
The last one exposes his stupidity.
Can he stop the mass migration of illegal and legal migrants into France?
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Would recruit 10,000 new police officers
Would expand prisons to house an extra 15,000
Would create an EU defence fund to promote joint military projects and set up a permanent European headquarters
Would raise spending on defence to the Nato benchmark of 2% of GDP by 2025
Would review military bases in Africa
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A lot more spending and an EU Army.
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Education
In areas of special need - notably poor suburbs (banlieues) - would limit class sizes in primary schools to 12 pupils per teacher
Would ban children's use of mobile phones at school
At the age of 18 French teenagers would get a "Cultural Pass" worth ?500 to spend on cultural pursuits such as the cinema, theatre, books
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More spending.
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Political reform
Would cut the number of public servants by 120,000 - through natural wastage, but excluding hospitals
Opposes MPs working as consultants or employing family members
Would cut the total number of parliamentary deputies and senators by about one-third
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Good luck with cutting French bureaucracy with all his new goals.
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Energy and environment
Calls for half of food provided in school and work canteens to be organic or locally produced
Would promote France as a world leader in developing green technologies
Advocates renovating one million poorly insulated homes
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More spending.
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Mr Macron plans to save £8.4 billion (?10 billion) in unemployment benefits but reducing the jobless rate to seven per cent.
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How can he force private companies to take on workers they don't need?
In the last 20 years, French debt has nearly doubled. He has made it plain he wants to spend more and do nothing to resolve the problems that force countries like France to spend more and more every year. Spending $50 billion on defence won't hold spending down. I underlined all the policies that will require more spending. With Debt to GDP at 92% good luck keeping it from going down.
Typical Socialist who promises the undeliverable with no clue how to deliver anything.