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Before taking stock, Emmanuel Macron's final ‘intelligence' projects

Part 7 Macron the spymaster, part 7.
Macron the spymaster, part 7. © Stéphane Oiry

Macron the spymaster, part 7/7 – France's youngest ever president, Emmanuel Macron, is also the one who has taken the greatest interest in intelligence. In the seventh and final part of this series, Intelligence Online outlines the final reform projects available to this ever-disruptive president, with twenty-four months to go until he leaves office.

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China
Chinese intelligence serves as mouthpiece for Beijing's economic policy

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and Chinese Premier Li Qiang on 27 March in Beijing.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and Chinese Premier Li Qiang on 27 March in Beijing. © Adek Berry/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

In a sign that its economic policy is taking hold, the Chinese Communist Party has been ramping up its initiatives towards foreign investors, holding closed-door meetings with international CEOs, attending confidential briefings with the Guoanbu and even exchanging investment notes with major US banks.

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