Macron Turns to Former Taxi Driver to Save French Shopkeepers
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When a crisis forced Emmanuel Macron to rethink his economic philosophy, he recruited a former cabbie.
An entrepreneur who failed his high-school diploma, 67-year-old Alain Griset has been thrust into the central role of applying the policies of the elite-educated investment-banker-turned-president. Gone is Macron’s startup nation mantra and his promise to loosen the shackles of a heavy state.