The Old Macron On The Mountain

The president surfed a wave of youthful enthusiasm in his first election. Lately, critics say he sounds like an elderly politician from yesteryear.

While discussing President Emmanuel Macron, 46, a French friend last year made a casual remark that caught me off guard: “It’s strange, because he seems young but he often acts and talks like an old man.”

Huh? I mean, we’re talking about the youngest president in the history of post-World War II France. He was 39 years old when first elected in 2017. Onl…