French beating scandal reveals Macron's feet of clay

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For an event so small to become an affaire d’état suggests one of two things.

Either the opposition and the media are so starved of material with which to beat the president that they are gleefully pushing the “Benalla affair” to the limit – at risk of overplaying their hand.

Or

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