To replace the "rebel" Arnaud Montebourg, too anti-German or perhaps simply too "leftist", nothing better than a young banker who is a member of the socialist party and well-known right-hand man of Hollande, but with such liberal tendencies as to earn the already apt definition of Le Figaro last January: "the right hemisphere of the Elysée".
Indeed, the appointment of Emmanuel Macron, still 37 years old and former banker to the Rothschilds (not just any dynasty…), as the new French Minister of the Economy was perfect for marking a break with the recent past, had already made it clear Montebourg himself, when he even defined himself as "against the macronization of political life".
Ironically, it will instead be the former Undersecretary of the Presidency of the Republic (a position held since Hollande was elected until three months ago) who will replace him in Bercy's seat. Macron, consequently defined as "the anti-Montebourg" by Figaro himself, therefore represents the furthest away President François Hollande himself was during the electoral campaign period, when he went so far as to say: "My enemy? Finance!".
Those times now seem very distant: the liberal turn, suggested by Macron behind the scenes and endorsed by the other young rampant of transalpine politics, Prime Minister Manuel Valls, has now taken possession of the Elysée. "Businesses are the symbol of success and the real strength of the country" is one of the recent slogans, light years away from Hollande's former workhorse: 75% taxation on large earnings (from 1 million euros upwards) .
“It's like being in Cuba, but without the sun!”, the young Macron exclaimed ironically during the electoral campaign, however suggesting his absolute disapproval. The controversies and the consequent resignation of the president then proved him right, authorizing him to be increasingly heard in the important rooms of the French Republic.
But what type is Emmanuel Macron? A top of the class, ambitious, affable, who according to his entourage "would seduce even a stone". Born in 1977 in Amiens into an excellent family (both parents are doctors), at the age of 16 he moved to Paris to the best high school in the capital, the infamous Henri IV, and from there he brilliantly embarked on the classic course of the French ruling class: Normal Sup and Ena (Ecole Nationale de l'Administration).
Entering the elite of the transalpine political and financial world with a great career, Macron is not satisfied: before becoming, at just 30 years old, the banker of the Rothschild family, for which he deals with one of the biggest recent deals - the acquisition by part of Nestlé of a subsidiary of Pfizer-, the promising manager also has time to create a past as a philosopher. At the age of 25, in fact, he specialized in the studies of Hegel and Machiavelli. Given his political ability, it is safe to bet that his second in particular influenced him quite a bit.
