Emmanuel Macron, pilloried at home and abroad, is Europe's best hope

As nations around the world fall to populist leaders, France's president is busy seeking a lonely mandate Emmanuel Macron's work rate puts others to shame. As a slouching Boris Johnson hosted a boozy private party in Downing Street on Brexit eve, France's busy-bee president was issuing a statesmanlike appeal to the British people. Macron called for the opening of a new chapter in what he described as an "unrivalled" relationship forged in "blood, freedom, courage, and battles". The French "know ...