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Will Macron galvanise the French economy?

Centrist liberal Emmanuel Macron looks set to comfortably defeat populist eurosceptic Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s final round of France’s presidential election and might even manage to secure a parliamentary majority in June’s National Assembly elections. If so, this would increase the likelihood of at least some of his growth-boosting reforms being implemented, boding well for France’s economic recovery.

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