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Close-Up: Bruno Le Maire
All eyes are now on France’s economy minister. Is he the right person to push through much-needed reforms?
Close-Up: Michel Barnier
British media have painted the EU chief Brexit negotiator as an inflexible ideologue. It’s a caricature few in Brussels recognize.
Close-Up: Martin Schulz
The former president of the EU parliament seems to have changed Germany‘s whole political scene. Is he a winner?
Close-Up: Mariano Rajoy
Spain’s new-old prime minister has weathered every storm that’s come his way, but major challenges remain.
Close-Up: Emmanuel Macron
Come spring, who will become France’s next president? The non-conformist former minister of the economy has more than an outside chance.
Close-Up: Donald Tusk
The former Polish prime minister may become the man to negotiate Britain’s exit from the EU.
Close Up: Sergey Lavrov
The veteran of the Soviet school of diplomacy serves largely as the figurehead for a foreign policy beyond his control.
Close Up: Angela Merkel
Germany, along with the rest of the world, seems surprised by the principled stance Angela Merkel has taken in the refugee crisis. Looking over her record, however, the German Chancellor has never shied from putting her values on the line.
Close Up: Mario Draghi
The president of the European Central Bank has a tough balancing act to pull off – do too little and the common currency will fall apart; too much, and European policy-makers won’t take steps necessary to strengthen it.
