All the world’s a stage and the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris today is the greatest stage so far for the comedian president. Emmanuel Macron has declared a political truce amidst the political nervous breakdown of France, so that his show may go on. The spectacle starts at 6.30pm (7.30pm local time in Paris). It will culminate in Macron
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