on the north bank of the river somme, the old quarter of amiens...n escaped some of the family tension surrounding the relationship with his former teacher, having failed to get into france's premier literary college, macron gravitated towards the top public administration school. they are the elite, technocrats as well as politicians, confident they always know best... there, careers in the civil service, industry or politics are cultivated in the same formal and well—regulated way as a french park. but macron soon began leaping ahead, tasting the social mobility denied the vast majority of the french. he looks like, you know, a french character of a movie from the 19th century. this young guy, you know, in balzac‘s novels, coming from the countryside, and saying, "i am coming to paris and i'm going to make it." and he made it, obviously. maybe his problem is that he succeeded too much, and what he made is maybe less and less possible for average people. after a few years at an investment bank, macron gravitated towards politics and the elysee palac