caroline connan is standing by with atlantic council's nonresident senior fellow, nicholas dungan. ne? caroline: i am joined by nicholas dungan hear from the anche inof maison bl paris. he is a research although at the french institute for international relations. here?re we seeing is it the anti-brexit, anti-trump? the enlightenment? nicholas: what we are seeing is of return in force the ideas of tolerance, openness, the importance of andation, not telling lies, trying to take into account the real concerns of the people, and the enlightenment was about respect for people and ideas, and what we have seen with brexit and the people who lied to the leave campaign lies of trump, it was for people to get elected. macron is in a sense the revenge of the enlightenment, yes. caroline: marine le pen, she did twice better than her father in 2002. she had more than 10 million votes. is it really the defeat of the populists? could she get elected in 2022? nicholas: it is not the defeat of the populists or the defeat that the concerns of the populists have. it is marine le pen and the politica

that's go to paris with caroline connan. first day on the job for macron.do we know who he picks as prime minister? caroline: we should know the name of macron's new prime minister probably before midday french time, so very soon. we know what macron wants. he wants someone who's got experience in parliament, someone who's got the skills, but also with a new face. we also know the new president likes people who have experience in the private sector and also what a signal it could be if he names someone who comes from the right-wing or the center-right in france, to respond, to distance himself from all the critics who see him as the heir of francois hollande. one man seems to take all these boxes. [indiscernible] of -- in the west of france. the 46-year-old could be the new prime minister. we are waiting for the confirmation from the president, emmanuel macron, but the particularity is that he used to juppe,spokesman of alain the right-wing candidate who ran in the republican primaries november and lost against francois fillon. this would be a strong signal

jonathan: caroline connan, as she said, you have moderators, and they barely spoke for the whole thingu just had them back-and-forth, back-and-forth. caroline, head of sunday, her following the solid base, for her to go beyond that makes any inroads to get the votes from the other candidates who have now dropped out. how difficult is that going to be? caroline: it is going to be quite difficult for her to come back and to reassure because this was the last chance for her to appear as a president, and she appeared angry and aggressive, and macron did appear as the calm one, the patient one, the one giving details and numbers. bring look at how people to the debate, 15 million people in france watch the debate. 62% said macron was the most convincing. even marine le pen's base, 12% said macron was more convincing. interesting an number from the melenchon voters, 2/3 of his actually felt that macron was the most convincing as well. jonathan: from a beautiful looking paris, caroline connan, thank you for a much. michele, j.p.bob morgan asset management head of global fixed-income. you sit

caroline connan. let's welcome peter sheffield, global macro strategist.ng for president, he's got the job. this is an absolutely splendid backdrop. 16 corridors of economic expansion. this is a relatively good backdrop for europe. >> absolutely. and i would go further than that. clearly the expansion is quite long now, but if you look at the most recent data, it has been strengthening. its the second-biggest economy in the euro area and everyone has been waiting for this. that now i think the new president has to put policy in place that puts this most recent expansion on more solid footing. anna: he has things to do on the reform agenda. where should you focus his attention, making it easier to hire and fire people and try to drive down the unemployment rate? >> well, there's a whole range of things that will hopefully contribute to driving the unemployment rate down. clearly, that will be one of his focuses. when you look at what he has done and proposed when he was in the previous government, there was a whole range of things that he has on his mind th

francine: thank you, caroline connan. peter hooper of deutsche bank stays with us.he bnp paribas. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: "bloomberg surveillance: what a morning. on washington in our first word news, here's taylor riggs. taylor: the white house has been rocked by report that the president disclosed secrets to russian diplomats last week. closely held intelligence about an islamic state plot. the presidents national security adviser denied the story. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time, where intelligence sources and methods discussed. and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. republican and democratic lawmakers say the report raises new questions about the administration and they want details from the white house. in south korea, news media says the new president will visit the white house next month. there is growing concern about nor