typically, perhaps, macron‘s first but the danger is, if people you would have to be foolish this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am. electoral test was on the greatest reject him, it will make to write off president macron a leaked recording ofjeremy corbyn the national front, at this stage. stage of national politics, or national rally as it has in response to the challenge reveals that the labour party lost, rebranded itself, misland or ignored evidence from the gilets jaunes, of anti—semitism in the party. the presidential election. he has come up with grand i was concerned that it had hello there. most places remaining either been mislaid, dry today. after the sunny and in 2017, he relied on the implosion the obvious governing choice. political theatre. frosty start, more cloud developing. of other centrist candidates. the national great debates, the grand debat. that will limit the sunshine in the as to whether that has worked he united the established parties in turning around the national mood, teachers say there's increasing afternoon. also the threat of some behind him in the second in order we won't really see evidence that poverty is damaging rain towards county fermanagh. some the education of children in the uk. to beat the national front‘s marine le pen. until may's european elections. showers are possible towards north demonstrators in sudan say sea coast but generally speaking it they will not end their protests is dry. temperatures on the chilly the president's people feel casting against the country's military the battle in that way until all their demands are met. side. this evening a lot of the france's president rules simply acknowledges the dramatic there has been a sharp rise in the style ofjupiter, reality of this political cloud will tend to fade away. still macron has said. in the number of crimes involving moment in europe. dating apps and websites he marked his victory cloudy skies for northern ireland, at the louvre palace across england and wales. in imperial pomp. this is a reality. is the tiger roaring back? if you look at polls today wales, the southwest. the chance of you have a vast number of people more rain. the frost not quite as supporting the president, tiger woods will try to win his and you have an important number first major title for more widespread because the winds will be of people supporting than a decade as he enters the final strengthening overnight. a windier round of the masters rassemblement national, the far right, and its will day on monday. gail is possible in northern ireland and the far to destroy the european project. south—west. the chance of some rain. as battle is joined cloud in eastern most parts of in the european elections, england and scotland bringing the stakes could hardly be higher.

showers from the north sea. temperatures higher than today. to reform france, the new president needed his en marche party to win big in parliamentary elections, and president macron has never been one to shy away from which is exactly what they did, political danger. one month after his presidential victory. into this chamber swept a phalanx of en marche deputies — younger, more female than their predecessors — and with them came the hope of breaking france's political deadlock, starting with labour laws. hello, this is bbc hello. we are going to head across news with ben brown. the headlines: the ellagic festival to augusta and a leaked recording has emerged of the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, the ellagic festival to augusta and the masters, the organisers have in which he privately expresses macron got to work, reducing made the unusual decision to start concern that officials have either the final round early with some lost, mislaid or ignored evidence a wealth tax and taking on the unions with of anti—semitism in the party. expectations there will be some thunderstorms. this is what is a revised labour law. heading towards augusta, this line of rain, every chance of getting teachers across the uk it is a big problem for us. say poverty is harming thundery dampers during the children's ability to learn, but after a resounding electoral as research suggests some pupils afternoon play, physically from two victory he was in no o'clock local time onwards. back are struggling because they go mood to compromise. to school hungry or with over towards our side of the

not enough sleep. channel, things are stuck in a rut. this band of cloud out towards the this was announced clearly, and french people discovered demonstrators in sudan say something that was relatively they will continue to protest western side, it is a weather front, and have demanded that civilians unusual by french standards, just not moving at all, blocked by are included in the transitional that you are saying an area of high—pressure, which is council set up by the country's during the campaign new military ruler. what you are going to do, figures seen by the bbc suggest and after you are elected drawing in the cold air. cloud there's been a big rise amount is increased through the rest in the number of sexual assaults you are doing it. of the day, light showers coming and stalking cases linked to dating and for a year it worked just fine. into eastern parts of england, the websites and mobile phone apps. figure clad from northern ireland he had a mandate. a new study has found more than 40% through wales, to the south—west, perhaps a few spots of rain around of employees said their work while macron also enacted the fringes. many places will be dry, but the sunshine is becoming new educational policies, was being affected by health issues, limited. it will feel quite chilly, the narrative began to take root such as mental health problems. highs of nine, 10 celsius. in the that he was governing evening, a lot of cloud that is now on bbc news — president in the interests of the elite, macron of france has hit and even his walkabouts gave building up then fading away, skies evidence in the view the headlines once again this week — of his critics of will clear for some. with his pivotal role in the talks macron‘s arrogance. building up then fading away, skies will clearfor some. we building up then fading away, skies will clear for some. we will keep that delayed brexit. clad for northern ireland, —— cloud. newsnight‘s mark urban examines macron‘s rise, his troubles and his plans skies will tentacle elsewhere, the for france and the eu. frost more limited, more across northern ealing and scotland and it announcement in french. is more limited because the winds will be stronger. a windy day tomorrow, the threat of cloud and

rain coming back towards northern ireland, not far away from wales or the south—west corner of england. cloud comes in off the north sea to and it is in places like roubaix bring some showers, particularly there is an element towards the grampians. a slice of in the north where you see more sunshine in between, but everywhere will be windier. gale is of performance in any leadership. deprivation, and whole communities deprived of opportunity. quite likely in northern ireland, it's a rustbelt town perhaps in these health the far where old industries have gone, and emmanuel macron, south—west. most part, temperatures but the president's winning france's imperial presidency plan to turn france will be higher, perhaps as high as into a "start—up nation" has before his 40th birthday, dominates the national yet to deliver results. stage completely. 13, 14 will be higher, perhaps as high as 13, 1a celsius. this trend will ali has been running his continue next week. the area of low stall in this street pressure brings the stronger wind, market for 17 years. but, he told us, is that mist away, they went is he will soon give up. later on tuesday. the weather front moves further into the dott uk. how far is to get some uncertainty. macron had a degree of self—confidence that you couldn't patchy like train into scotland, expect would lead him over the irish sea, into western parts of england and wales. it is as far as it has. likely to stage right elsewhere, the temperatures are ten to 13 celsius because of the cloud. more last september, with discontent building, macron proposed but even as a teenager a fuel tax rise. significant changes come from midweek onwards as we draw in more

macron came to the fore, and that proved to be the tipping ofa midweek onwards as we draw in more of a south easterly breeze, it picks acing his exams, devouring high culture, point for the left—behind up of a south easterly breeze, it picks up more sunshine, natural sin warmer and taking centre of france's regions, who seized the yellow vests airfrom the near from their vehicles up more sunshine, natural sin warmer air from the near continent. up more sunshine, natural sin warmer airfrom the near continent. good friday, you can see how the stage in school plays. temperatures are 19, even 20 and took to the streets. celsius. warmer weather after a france's political drama became dominated by a dazzling chilly weekend. leading man who articulated a plot of the broadest possible appeal. the problem for macron now is that as the first act of his political so was the gilets jaunes crisis triggered by macron‘s missteps, drama has gone on, many have come or would any inhabitant to the conclusion that he is only of the elysee have faced it? interested in the reaction of one particular type of audience — what is your own view? my view is that we have three decades the few, the elite. of difficulties in this country. in a moment where growth is coming back, where unemployment today, macron is taking a leading role in the national debate about the future is diminishing, people have low direction of france. wages are waiting for a he braves hostile audiences in a way few british positive impact, and prime ministers would dare. they still don't see it. i think it could have happened

with another president, this is very much macron‘s style, i think it could happen he does tend to lecture. elsewhere in europe. he tends to see his role almost but even some of those as a sort of figure who needs who have worked closely with macron believe he exacerbated to coach the french, or sort of nudge them out of their thinking. tensions in france. macron did not want to have these co—management reforms with the unions, because he thought so, is france's charismatic young president the answer to his country that hollande had gone too far in this respect. and europe's woes, or someone who is exacerbating them and the result, also that not having to the point of crisis? this kind of dialogue contributed to the eruption of gilets jaunes, which is a form of revolution, of people saying they are not listened to. and in fact, on the carbon tax, we should have listened to the people. it's not that people were against the transition macron‘s rise is testament in part to a low carbon economy. it is that they felt to the social escalator of france's that the carbon tax did not take into account elite education system. their living condition. i think the big mistake they made with the carbon tax is that not enough of it was distributed.

a teenager from the country's over time the numbers protesting depressed north—east arrived have ebbed and flowed, but every at the elite henry iv lycee in paris. saturday they continue. there he was prepared for entry into the grand ecole of higher education. we went to meet some yellow vests. jean—baptiste de froment francois gerard, unlike was a classmate. many, is a parisian. he is proud to havejoined what was exceptional on most of the weekends since the movement started. was not his intellectual skills — like many, he believes he was very bright, of course — the country's inequalities but it was this ability of relating can only be tackled by major changes to the political system. to people and networking. the whole thing that triggered the yellow vest movement in fact, it was a gas tax. i think you will remember that. but that was just the straw that it is a kind of boldness, and because he knew how broke the camel's back. to communicate among many because everything that the people have been different kinds of people. accumulating as far as anger maybe he did not understand is now popping out. they want macron to go away. quite well what it is about, but he mastered the codes but that's not going to solve the problem, of course, and he knows how to pretend because if macron goes away, somebody else is going to be that he gets it. taking his place and do the same thing. that is why it is a much, much, much wider change that we need.

on the north bank of the river somme, the old quarter of amiens... by leaving his home region, macron escaped some of the family macron and his team denounced the gilets jaunes as reckless. tension surrounding the relationship as for the deeper divisions exposed with his former teacher, by the president's policies, they are barely acknowledged. brigitte trogneux. stephane sejourne has just left the elysee to run the european election campaign. having failed to get into france's premier literary college, macron gravitated towards the top public administration school. and indeed, order is being maintained, by putting armour they are the elite, technocrats and thousands of riot as well as politicians, police onto the confident they always know best... streets of paris and other there, careers in the civil service cities every saturday. it's a palliative, but it feels industry or politics are cultivated in the same formal and like a state of siege, and is hardly likely to resolve political differences.

well—regulated way as a french park. so how far is macron to blame for the gilets but macron soon began leaping jaunes phenomenon, and how far would it have happened ahead, tasting the social under any president? nobility denied the vast it is not easy to get answers majority of the french. from the gilets jaunes themselves, they are a sort of leaderless he looks like, you know, movement, uniquely difficult to access and speak a french character of a movie from the 19th century. to as a coherent whole. we have been told to come here, to an obscure alleyway in paris, to hear the views and hear the latest initiatives of some this young guy, you know, leading members, in balzac‘s novels, coming from the countryside, and saying i am coming to paris and we have been given and i'm going to make it. the code of how to get in, let's see what they have got to say. and he made it, obviously. at this press event, maybe his problem is it was just us and russia today. that he succeeded too much, afterwards, one of the early and what he made is maybe less and less possible pioneers of the movement for average people. told us that macron‘s response to it led her to change from being agnostic about the president to feeling now that he must go. after a few years at an investment bank, macron gravitated towards politics and the elysee palace under

the socialist president francois hollande. so was this the rise of an actor, an ambitious dissembler with a skin—deep attachment to the left? the man who got him thejob rejects that charge. the moment he came into the president's supporters counter the department it was clear that he has responded he was on the left, he was more on the left than me, to the protests with something genuinely new — i remember very well. he wanted to be elected, a large—scale national consultation. and he was looking to have a kind applause. of constituency from the grand debat. the socialist party. it is an exceptional moment, it is unprecedented, but when president hollande abandoned hopes of re—election, and i don't see compatible macron launched his own movement experiences in other western countries. an exercise in listening and presidential bid. to the country's anger in the search for answers. en marche managed at one time to be a grassroots movement and a top—down macron machine. macron‘s poll ratings have picked up

since he started the debate, but will it produce far—reaching solutions, even if it is a platform for his political talents? at the centre, he surrounded himself with young men, similar types — 30—something graduates of the top universities. as corinne lepage, a former environment minister drawn into the movement, soon discovered. those who argue that macron is much more than an opportunist or performer believe his fight against populism, not least his position on brexit, are evidence of deeply held convictions. european diplomats will tell you that france has consistently ta ken the toughest line in formulating the 27th position. so what is the president's motive? populism is his principal adversary in france,

and it is his principal adversary in europe. so if he feels, which he does, that brexit is an expression of populist politics, then he i think also wants to send a very clear message that britain has to be in a worse position after brexit. it is almost as if his desire for brexit to be an exemplary lesson means macron thinks it has to happen. not content with trying to reform his economy and battle the giletsjaunes, macron is now taking the fight to the whole

of the european right. the casting of brexit, the gilets jaunes and hungarian—style illiberal democracy as part of a populist hydra helps to give macron a coherent message.