French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a meeting attended by some 600 mayors of Occitania to relay their constituent's grievances on January 18, 2019, in Souillac, southern France, as part of the "great national debate", a central plank of the Macron's bid to turn around his embattled presidency since the "yellow vest (gilets jaunes) movement protests. - Facing the biggest test of his presidency, the French president has launched a series of public forums inviting voters to express their concerns and hopes after two months of anti-government protests. The "Great National Debate", aimed at quelling the "yellow vest" (gilet jaunes) anger over inequality and the French president's perceived indifference to the struggles of rural and small-town France, will run for two months until March 15, 2019. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)