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IT WAS la rentrée in France this week, when pupils return to school after the long summer holidays to begin a new academic year. The country's president, Emmanuel Macron, will be hoping it marks a fresh start for him, too. On September 4th he was forced into a government reshuffle after unexpectedly losing his environment minister. With his poll ratings touching new lows after a troubled summer, Mr Macron badly needs to regain political momentum if he is to keep his plans to transform France on track.