PARIS — One of French President Emmanuel Macron's top political allies is under fire over respect for the rule of law after he fired a high-ranking official at the country's most powerful constitutional body. The head of France’s Constitutional Council, Richard Ferrand, one of the president’s closest confidants, dismissed the institution's secretary general , Aurélie Bretonneau, just a year after she was appointed.  In an internal email sent late on March 23 and seen by POLITICO, Bretonneau