Macron is handsome and photogenic and, as we Canadians know, these are the qualities that most matter in a candidate.

But, of course, the comparison to our 2015 election does break down in that 1) unlike our PM, Macro did not get to be where he is by trading on his father's renown and 2) his being an enarque puts paid to the contention that he is an intellectual dullard.