How is Macron an outsider? He was a member of Hollande’s administration.
RE: How is Macron an outsider? He was a member of Hollande’s administration.
Well, Macron left Holande’s party in August 2016.
Macron declared that he would run in the election under the banner of En Marche, a centrist ( the press calls it that ) political movement he founded in April 2016 before he resigned.
But as the "French Tony Blair" he doesn't fit into any of the usual boxes, and they can portray him as an "outsider."
It certainly helps that he bolted from the Socialists and founded his own party.
Lately, though, it seems like half the candidates have started their own parties and could pose as outsiders (Fillon, Mélenchon, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, etc.).