Four years after a former government minister's new movement helped him defeat a plethora of higher-profile candidates to become president of France, his political brand has remained something of a mystery.
Emmanuel Macron sold himself as both right and left politically and as someone who would fundamentally change a technocratic French government system.
A former economy minister in the Socialist Party, he garnered support from all over the political spectrum when he launched his movement “En Marche”. He explained to a classroom of children in 2017 that he would try to take from both the left and the right.
Now a year away from France’s upcoming presidential elections, his approval ratings have plummeted and some are torn on where he stands politically. Many say he has increasingly endorsed more right-leaning policies.