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France’s Emmanuel Macron walked onto the stage at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos last week, wearing blue-tinted aviator sunglasses, and maybe it was easy to dismiss one of those viral moments — a leader leaning into style, a meme waiting to happen. But when you are dealing with French, optics are rarely accidental, and this gesture carried more weight than it first appeared. The sunglasses, as Macron’s office later clarified, were not a fashion statement alone. The president has a documented eye condition that makes bright light painful, which explains his occasional use of tinted eyewear during public…
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