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A quick analysis of #flaggate #DrapeauEuropéen. @EmmanuelMacron has been  accused of “betrayal” and “provocation” by far right politicians for replacing the huge French tricolor flag under the Arc de Triomphe with the EU flag for the start of France's six month EU Presidency 1/
Interestingly, the centre-right Presidential candidate @vpecresse  - supposedly as Europhile as Macron - has joined in the far right chorus of protest. This is the most obvious example so far of magnetic pull of hard right, Eurosceptic wing of centre-right on Pécresse campaign 2/
Was this a deliberate trap set by Macron’s people? Maybe not. But Macron evidently intends to use the coincidence of the EU Presidency to make a distinction between the vague European credentials of Pécresse & his own ambitions & ideas for the EU 3/

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