"Macron's Bold Vision: Challenging the Far Right and Revitalizing France"

President Emmanuel Macron of France vowed to break taboos, deregulate the economy, and fight against the far-right leader Marine Le Pen, whom he described as a guarantee of a weaker France. During a televised news conference, he promised to favor innovation, cut red tape, and encourage job creation, despite expected resistance from those attached to state-financed social protection. Macron's address comes after naming the youngest prime minister in the history of the Fifth Republic, aiming to address the sense of drift in his second presidential term.