Marc Endeweld is an investigative journalist. His books include L'ambigu monsieur Macron (Flammarion, 2015), Le Grand Manipu-lateur: Les Réseaux secrets de Macron (Stock, 2019), L'Emprise : La France sous influence (Le Seuil, 2022), and Guerres cachées, les dessous du conflit russo-ukrainien (Le Seuil, 2022).
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.