Seven years under President Emmanuel Macron have turned France into a second class player on the international scene and a fortress for the far right at home. Though elected to keep the rising right-wing tide at bay, Macron has failed miserably to be a president for all French people. His second mandate, which started just two years ago, has been marked by an even more authoritarian approach to power with the crushing of the opposition to his highly unpopular pension reform, a heavy handed approach to law and order, and the never ending disdain for political pluralism. Aware that his popularit…