The Many Empty Chairs Surrounding Emmanuel Macron
- French leader is losing advisers, struggling to find staff
- Vacancies come ahead of crucial EU elections next month
Emmanuel Macron speaks to journalist as he arrives for a European Union leaders summit in the Europa building in Brussels on April 10, 2019.
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The corridors of the Castle, as France’s Elysee presidential palace is often called, are looking empty.
About a third of Emmanuel Macron’s prominent advisers have left over the past few months and it’s taking weeks, sometimes even months, to find replacements.