Emmanuel Macron’s election as president of France received few more rapturous welcomes than that given by Sylvie Goulard, a liberal French politician in the European Parliament and ally of the 39-year-old new head of state. “Finally! Finally, Europe and France reconciled!” Ms Goulard enthused. “What a symbol — a young president, focused on the future, entering the Louvre of the kings of France to the sound of the European hymn.”
Financial Times: Europe’s new political divisions
Participants hold a flag featuring portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as activists and sympathizers of a satirical movement, the Hungarian 'Two-tailed Dog Party' gather at Budapest downtown on April 22 during their anti-government.
