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France’s slow vaccine rollout could harm President Macron’s chances of re-election
France is currently lagging far behind other European nations with its Covid-19 vaccine rollout, which could potentially hurt the re-election chances of president Macron. In an interview with CNBC, HEC Paris economics Professor Jeremy Ghez said that the French economy is under anaesthesia and it’s only when you pull the fiscal plug that you will truly know how quickly economic actors can rebound. According to him, it this happens quickly, he likes Macron’s chances because there are so few alternatives as of today. If it does not, he would argue that all bets are off.