@jtr I’m no expert and could have this very wrong, but my understanding is that while Macron is to the left of the National Rally creeps, he is basically a centrist, while “the Left” is much farther down the spectrum from him. So it’s a little bit like Biden et al. in the States versus the progressives.
@jtr Macron first appeared as a minister of economy for a left government and pushed business-friendly laws. He kept saying he was not from left or right when he was elected as president. Once president, he kept leaning right because the left was already in shambles (tax breaks all around while debt grew...). The climax is the recent immigration law that even the far right was for. Parts of the law had to be censored because it was against the constitution. So no, he's definitely not left.