The french bought the neo-liberal kool-aid. Macron spends $30,000 on makeup as policies stall by Ivana Kottasová @ivanakottasova There's no covering this up: Governing is hard. Emmanuel Macron, who has been president of France for just over 100 days, has been ensnared in yet another controversy after the magazine Le Point reported that he has already racked up a makeup bill of €26,000 ($30,700). His representatives said the spending was the result of an "emergency" situation, and that future makeup costs would drop significantly. The episode, however, underscores the risks facing Macron, a newcomer to elected office who built a political movement around the promise of remaking France's economy. A summer of scandals has caused his popularity to tank and jeopardized his reform agenda. The first major warning signs came in July, when Macron sparred with Prime Minister Édouard Philippe over whether to proceed with tax cuts in the face of a larger-than-expected budget deficit. Macron prevailed, but not without making cuts to public spending... http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/25/news/economy/emmanuel-macron-france-makeup/index.html
I'm not sure why anyone expects the situation to change when people continue to vote in the same mainstream politicians.