This article is a bizarre set of weird talking points, trying to tie together a conspiratorial narrative through such breathless facts as: > To lock down his i

This article is a bizarre set of weird talking points, trying to tie together a conspiratorial narrative through such breathless facts as: > To lock down his influence in Brussels, Macron needs to make sure he has sufficient clout to weigh on commissioners’ nominations, an objective he can only achieve via a broad voting bloc in European Parliament. His centrist La République en Marche (LRM) party is at work forging alliances with like-minded groups in other EU countries, notably in Spain with the Ciudadanos party. Yes. He's going to "lock down his influence" by ... finding like minded partners? > To press his influence with other governments, Macron relies on Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire to conduct high-level diplomacy. European Finance Ministers in "they talk to each other!" shocker > Mahjoubi, who was hoisted to his current role after running the president-to-be’s digital campaign, has been more active lobbying the European Commission, frequently making the hour-and-twenty-minute train trip to Brussels to meet with top EU officials and stress French views on everything from the bloc’s artificial intelligence strategy to investment for startups. The fuck is this crap? This article is really odd.