The Contradictions of Macronism

Since French president Emmanuel Macron defeated the National Front's Marine Le Pen in last year's election, his style of politics has been feted by liberals as a bulwark against far-right populism. But what is Macronism? And does it really propose new ideas and solutions capable of definitively defeating populism? Macronism broke the Republican and Socialist coalitions which dominated since the Fifth Republic's beginning, brining liberals together with neoliberals.