Editing Radical centrism (section)

=== France ===
[[File:Emmanuel Macron (11 décembre 2014) (3).jpg|thumb|[[Emmanuel Macron]] speaking at a conference in 2014]]
Several observers have identified [[Emmanuel Macron]], elected President of France in 2017, as a radical centrist.<ref name=Trew>Trew, Stuart (17 July 2017). "[http://behindthenumbers.ca/2017/07/17/trudeau-macron-radical-centrists Trudeau and Macron, the Radical Centrists]". ''Behind the Numbers'' website. The author is identified as an editor at the [[Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives]]. Retrieved 15 October 2017.</ref> [[Anne Applebaum]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' says Macron "represents the brand-new radical center", as does his political movement, [[En Marche!]], which Applebaum translates as "forward".<ref name=Applebaum>Applebaum, Anne (23 April 2017) "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/04/23/frances-election-reveals-a-new-political-divide/ France's Election Reveals a New Political Divide]". ''Washington Post'' online. Retrieved 16 October 2017.</ref> She notes a number of politically bridging ideas Macron holds – for example, "He embraces markets, but says he believes in 'collective solidarity{{'"}}.<ref name=Applebaum /> A professor of history, Robert Zaretsky, writing in ''[[Foreign Policy]]'', argues that Macron's radical centrism is "the embodiment of a particularly French kind of center – the extreme center".<ref name=Zaretsky>Zaretsky, Robert (24 April 2017). "[https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/24/the-radical-centrism-of-emmanuel-macron The Radical Centrism of Emmanuel Macron]". ''[[Foreign Policy]]''. Retrieved 16 October 2017.</ref> He points to Macron's declaration that he is "neither left nor right", and to his support for policies, such as public-sector austerity and major environmental investments that traditional political parties might find contradictory.<ref name=Zaretsky />

U.S. politician Dave Anderson, writing in ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' newspaper, says that Macron's election victory points the way for those "who wish to transcend their polarized politics of [the present] in the name of a new center, not a moderate center associated with United States and United Kingdom 'Third Way' politics but what has been described as Macron's 'radical center' point of view. … [It] transcends left and right but takes important elements of both sides".<ref name=Anderson>Anderson, Dave (16 May 2017) "[https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/333625-why-the-radical-center-must-be-the-future-of-the/ Why the 'Radical Center' Must Be the Future of American Politics]". ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] newspaper''. Retrieved 16 October 2017.</ref>