 The policy of the country is determined and directed by the government, i.e. the prime minister. So the president just simply has to take a back seat. And if the prime minister and the government want to do this or that and have a majority in parliament, they will do it. Macron can snipe and put up obstacles and claim presidential privilege and in certain cases send laws back to be reconsidered and so on. But he can't really halt the progress of