paris rapid rise presidency france emmanuel macron sometimes refer lucky general leader right skills job also generous dose good fortune need win day 39-year-old certainly take advantage string lucky break especially corruption scandal derail campaign front-running center-right rival francois fillon six months occupation elysee palace niggle sign macron luck could start turn particular uncertain political picture germany complicate ambition reform europe single currency zone something put heart presidency stand fall franco-german cooperation change introduce early france employment rule provoke less unrest expect impact economy far mute plan amend pension benefit system may readily accept fiscal point view one main objectives bring national deficit percent gross domestic product first time decade yet current indications struggle goal leave france odds eu executive commission within party en marche form grassroots movement little year ago unease among members top-down structure go ethos propel five-year term may break continue fall macron favor france last week right host european bank agency lucky dip dublin domestically face little serious opposition either leave right big ambition rely deep sustain relationship chancellor angela merkel whose position 12 years germany leader weaken two months so-far fruitless talk form govern coalition naturally pay close attention everything might help stabilize political situation germany benjamin griveaux close macron ally recently name government new spokesman say monday without strong partner obviously difficult carry president ambitious european project one level fact merkel talk germany social democrats spd grand coalition overtures liberals green fail positive macron since spd avowedly pro-eu guarantee spd sign macron agenda even leader martin schulz former european parliament president commit project schulz go far say macron ideas need discuss coalition talk merkel spd officials say domestic reform health insurance pension press consideration europe theme simply push things say johannes kahrs budget expert spd parliament leader party conservative wing macron ideas overhaul euro zone include creation region-wide budget finance minister separate parliament may ambitious germany swallow would nice conservatives go along idea budget euro zone need want say kahrs would make sense try bully even focus grand ambition macron finance minister bruno le maire must battle get state historically overstretch finance order hop france currently steady growth rate falter budget deficit fall dip percent next year european commission point view insufficient want do structural deficit strip business cycle macron le maire achieve likely mean cut deep regional budget plan reductions already provoke anger among mayors unemployment figure show job creation record high jobless rate still tick high third quarter rise 9.7 percent forecast decline french rate remain way germany 5.6 percent jean pisani-ferry lead economist former adviser macron believe perhaps big risk macron face ensure european strategy pay domestic agenda large part influence turn yet depend lot germany wide eu make huge political investment europe say pisani-ferry professor economics public management sciences po university make huge political investment want point pay-off pay-off whatsoever obviously domestic political consequences setback best 'lucky general macron 's good fortune behind