What hasn't been said is they don't need to have exactly the same interests. They only need to have a sufficient overlap of interests for them to be able to take united action under the leadership of somebody who can keep them together, i think that this is Hollande's goal. To provide that leadership.

Nicholas Dungan

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It is neither good for Macron's image nor for Emmanuel Macron effectiveness to be too close to Donald Trump -- he should exercise the influence, not advertise it, emmanuel Macron is the President of the French Republic -- Emmanuel Macron wants to make France great again — Emmanuel Macron can not do that if Donald Trump opposes Donald Trump. Emmanuel Macron can only do it if Donald Trump either supports Donald Trump or stands aside or gets distracted by something else.

Nicholas Dungan

This is a victory of values, the values of the Enlightenment, the values of France, the values on which America was founded, the values from which the US and the UK have gone significantly astray, this is the end of know-nothing populism.

Nicholas Dungan

This time it was France that was attacked, there is no war-weariness in France like there is in the U.K. or the U.S. There is no sense that Chirac, (successor Nicolas) Sarkozy or Hollande has lied to the French people.

Nicholas Dungan

There is no war-weariness in France like there is in the U.K. or the U.S. There is no sense that Chirac, (successor Nicolas) Sarkozy or Hollande has lied to the French people, there is no sense that the country has been taken in the wrong direction.

Nicholas Dungan

There is some potential for some form of leadership or some form of policy coherence going forward, the trouble is that policy coherence may be something very new from David Cameron. We haven't had much or it in the last five years -- there is a big question about his political maturity.

Nicholas Dungan