Today's edition is powered by the European Commission Big breakthroughs begin with bold ideas. Join us at the European Research and Innovation Days 2025 with Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva on 16 and 17 September for two days of debate, live testimonials and forward-looking sessions on the future of European competitiveness and resilience. Be part of shaping EU policy! Register now. ————————————————————————————————————— At one of his first major rallies in July 2016, Emmanuel Macron declared his intention to bring together “men and women from the left, men and women from the right”. This would, he said, “set the country free”.

Yesterday, as a president barricaded in his bunker, Macron could reasonably claim to have fulfilled this campaign promise, as MPs on both

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