Macron win a beacon of hope

The election of Donald Trump last November, the electoral victory of the Conservative leader, Theresa May in the United Kingdom running on a protectionist Brexit ticket and the rise and growth of radical right wing parties in Europe has certainly turned the tide in global geopolitics of late.

The refugee crisis has certainly not improved matters, stoking anti-immigrant and de-globalisation sentiment across the developed world and feeding the jingoistic fires that are spreading across Europe and America.