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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

‘France to stay France’, says Macron, as he lays out vision to counter far right

French President Emmanuel Macron.
President Emmanuel Macron has set out a vision for France focusing on the concerns of lower- and middle-income voters in a bid to prevent their defection to the far-right. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters

Emmanuel Macron wants to regulate French children’s screen time, test compulsory school uniform, and is not against all primary schoolchildren having to learn the national anthem, he has told a press conference, promising a “common sense” France.

The French president, who is trying to limit the potential gains of the far right in the European elections, set out his vision for the coming years focusing on law and order, education and pro-business policy, days after appointing France’s youngest ever prime minister, Gabriel Attal.

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