Joe Harrison

Joe Harrison is a Researcher at Bright Blue. He is an author of a recent report on the future of the European centre-right

Britain’s Macron moment – and why we should be worried about it

When French president Emmanuel Macron stormed to power in 2017, his ability to respond to the weakness of France’s mainstream parties, capture a large centrist majority and defeat the populist right seemed to offer a model of hope for liberal internationalists everywhere. Yet despite the president’s undeniable talents as a political communicator, the fate of