With just one year left in his second five-year term, French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will quit politics in 2027 -- leaving observers and supporters guessing about his next moves.
"I wasn't in politics before and I'm not going to be after," Macron said Thursday during a visit to a high school in Cyprus.
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