Isolated at home and alienating allies abroad, French President Emmanuel Macron marks 12 months since his re-election on Monday, pursued by pot-bashing protesters and desperate for new ideas to re-launch his second term.
Having imposed pension reform on a broadly hostile electorate, provoking three months of nationwide strikes and protests, Emmanuel Macron is now hoping to turn the page and re-launch his political programme for the final four years of his presidency.
