PARIS — It’s 1:00 a.m. on the banks of the Canal de Saint-Denis and the 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony finished an hour ago.
But the political and social turmoil France faced before a ghostly metal horse galloped down the Seine has not gone away.
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Paris Olympic Games.
The French president could easily have been giving his view on France’s immediate political future when discussing the rain-drenched opening ceremony with NBC News.
Optimism aside, analysts believe the country faces years of deadlock that could end with a far-right president in 2027.
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Denis, Sara Zinger, Mary Mathurin, France's Leon Marchand, Dar Yasin, Emmanuel Macron, Pascal Le Segretain, Macron, Macron’s, Rainbow Murray, they’ve, Murray, Le Pen, Lady Gaga —, Le, Maxime Jourdan, Marine Le Pen, Charles Platiau, who’s, it’s, Rene Nijhuis, Paris Mayor Anne, Marie Hidalgo, France’s Le, Alain Jocard, Hector Gore
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Saint, Parisian, hipsters, France, Paris, Europe, Seine, Montmartre, AFP
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