Economy and Finance Minister, France - Bruno Le Maire

Published: Jan. 18, 2019, 2:44 a.m.

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HARDtalk\\u2019s Stephen Sackur is in Paris for an exclusive interview with the country\\u2019s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. The political and economic mood in France has shifted dramatically in a few short months. Last summer President Macron was pushing ahead with his reform agenda claiming that France was back. Now he is besieged by critics, forced into retreat by the Yellow Vest movement and grappling with problems inside and outside the EU. Has the Macron moment already passed?

(Photo: Bruno Le Maire leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris. (Credit: Francois Guillot/AFP)

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