and my guest today is gabriel attal, minister for youth and a rising my guest today is gabriel attalfor youth and a rising is in the president's party. why has the macron magic worn off so quickly? gabriel attal, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. what's gone wrong? halfway through his term, president macron seems to have lost the faith of the french public. no, i don't thing so. president macron was elected in a very tormented situation. you had almost 40% of the voters who voted for extremist parties. he was elected in this situation, and we always knew it would be hard, and we always knew it would be hard, and we always knew it would be hard, and we always knew it would be difficult to transform the country and to set up the reforms we we re country and to set up the reforms we were elected to do. so, right now... you talk of a tormented country back then at the time of his election, what about now? the country looks even more polarised, divided, tormented. i wouldn't say that. i would say that what we've seen in france, for instance, with the yellow vest movement is the first of the