France's Macron resigns in step toward presidency run

By Jean-Baptiste Vey and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron resigned on Tuesday, clearing the way for a presidential bid that will further unsettle an already wide-open race. The 38-year-old former investment banker, one of France's most popular politicians, did not immediately say he would run in the 2017 election but is widely expected to do so, having quit the government and created his own political party. "Emmanuel Macron ... today handed in to the presid