Joe Harrison

Joe Harrison is a Researcher at Bright Blue. He is an author of a recent report on the future of the European centre-right

Britain’s Macron moment – and why we should be worried about it

From our UK edition

When French president Emmanuel Macron stormed to power in 2017, his ability to respond to the weakness of France’s mainstream parties, capture a large centrist majority and defeat the populist right seemed to offer a model of hope for liberal internationalists everywhere. Yet despite the president’s undeniable talents as a political communicator, the fate of