How world leaders fared in a turbulent year
Updated 1654 GMT (0054 HKT) December 23, 2017 (CNN) It has been a turbulent year for many leaders across the globe, and while some benefited from 2017's geopolitical twists and turns, others suffered a series of setbacks. CNN's international correspondents give their assessments on which world leaders are up and which are down at the end of 2017, and what might be in store next year. France's Emmanuel Macron -- UP Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election. 2017 was the year that made Macron. At its start, he was a former economy minister making an unlikely presidential bid. But the improbable collapse of France's two mainstream parties -- which had shared power in France for 60 years -- paved his way to victory. The stars aligned themselves in Macron's favor on the international stage, too. Political turmoil in London, Washington and Berlin, coupled with his own ambitious vision, led Macron...
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