Macron made it easier for firms to hire and fire workers. He lowered social charges for small businesses. He eased bankruptcy proceedings. He reduced severance pay. He extended public unemployment insurance to the self-employed. He abolished the wealth tax. He extended welfare to 1 million more households. He made dental services, eyeglasses and hearing aids free. He allowed buses to compete with rail in intercity transport. He ended automatic pay rises and early retirement at the state railway. He conditioned state funding for religious institutions on their support of republican values, including the separation of church and state. He brought in the highest share of women lawmakers yet. He banned lawmakers from hiring relatives or spending public money without providing invoices. He approved the construction of 14 new nuclear reactors.
I'm not sure how you can argue he "delivered little of his agenda"?
From a liberal point of view, he is doing something unique and special in history of France by conducting liberalisation policies and reforms. But in general, his politics and profile is a mix of liberalism, progressivism, social-democracy. One of the risks with such behaviours is creating a big welfare state that ends up subsidising the middle-class and something that the far-right wants to capture in a long term. Also, he made several statements and proposals, such as that academics have to apply to "republican values", which are not in line neither with liberalism nor democracy.
Macron made it easier for firms to hire and fire workers. He lowered social charges for small businesses. He eased bankruptcy proceedings. He reduced severance pay. He extended public unemployment insurance to the self-employed. He abolished the wealth tax. He extended welfare to 1 million more households. He made dental services, eyeglasses and hearing aids free. He allowed buses to compete with rail in intercity transport. He ended automatic pay rises and early retirement at the state railway. He conditioned state funding for religious institutions on their support of republican values, including the separation of church and state. He brought in the highest share of women lawmakers yet. He banned lawmakers from hiring relatives or spending public money without providing invoices. He approved the construction of 14 new nuclear reactors.
I'm not sure how you can argue he "delivered little of his agenda"?
From a liberal point of view, he is doing something unique and special in history of France by conducting liberalisation policies and reforms. But in general, his politics and profile is a mix of liberalism, progressivism, social-democracy. One of the risks with such behaviours is creating a big welfare state that ends up subsidising the middle-class and something that the far-right wants to capture in a long term. Also, he made several statements and proposals, such as that academics have to apply to "republican values", which are not in line neither with liberalism nor democracy.