Amid mounting tensions between the United States and Iran, French President Emmanuel Macron is assuming an increasingly familiar mantle: as Europe’s go-to leader and top interlocutor.On key international issues ranging from fighting climate change and online extremism, to pushing a Libyan cease-fire and closer European ties, France’s 41-year-old leader has not shied from thrusting himself and his country to center stage, with mixed results.On Wednesday, Macron faced the particularly thorny challenge of ramping down the escalating standoff between Washington and Tehran, and salvaging the sputtering Iran nuclear agreement. In recent days, he has dispatched top diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne to …read more
Source: Voice of America
