Macron's Upstarts Have Become the Establishment

PARIS—On a recent evening in Paris’s 10th arrondissement, Cyrille Boulanger, a volunteer for French President Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche (On the Move) movement, was out ringing doorbells. An En Marche pin fastened to the front of his jacket, stacks of questionnaires loaded in his arms, and a broad grin stretched across his face, he went door-to-door, greeting residents with an upbeat “Good evening, madame!” or “Good evening, monsieur!” He explained that he had come not to sell them anything or recruit them, but to ask for their views on Europe and the European Union. With Macron leading the conversation about EU reforms and next spring’s European Parliament elections approaching, the topic is a top priority for both him and his organization. Boulanger described this nationwide effort as “part of the DNA of En Marche, and [that it is] something that has never been done by any other party before.”

Last May, Macron was elected president of France with the help of , his . Vowing to wipe out the French, which has rebranded as