Marc Endeweld is an investigative journalist. His books include L'ambigu monsieur Macron, Le Grand Manipulateur: Les Réseaux secrets de Macron, L'Emprise : La France sous influence, and Guerres cachées, les dessous du conflit russo-ukrainien.
In France, right-wingers love to pose as defenders of free speech. Yet the takeover of media by a cast of billionaire pro-Trump tycoons means that just a handful of individuals have a veto over huge swaths of the press.
Since his first presidential campaign in 2017, Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as the only barrier to chaos. But this snap election has shown how much Macron has helped build up the far-right threat in order to entrench his own power.