EU drops Barnier plan. Xavier Bertrand set to squash Macron & dilute Le Pen support The Duran: Episode 1021 Xavier Bertrand, the ex-insurance salesman who ‘smashed the jaws’ of the French far-right The third man in the election might interrupt the predicted face-off between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron in 2022. https://www.politico.eu/article/xavier-bertrand-the-insurance-man-who-beat-the-far-right/