Why France's victory in FIFA World Cup 2018 won't help Macron's score

The French president promised to achieve his economic goals; public patience is running out

The French may be naturally prone to pessimism, but the election of Emmanuel Macron as president a year ago ushered in a certain giddiness about the future. While you wouldn’t know it from the frenzy around France’s bid to win the World Cup, that wave of optimism has given way to a more familiar pathos and a sense that yet another French president is enjoying the trappings of office a little too much. 

The question for Macron is whether he can get voters to suspend their disbelief long enough for his program to deliver results.

According to the pollster Ipsos, 70 percent