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Australia is about to get a dose of French president Emmanuel Macron’s charm
French national elections mean Macron’s ‘revolution’ is now complete
The shorthand on June parliamentary elections in Europe looks like this: newly-elected French president, Emmanuel Macron, 350…
Will Macron’s fledgeling political movement break out and fly, or die in the egg?
Emmanuel Macron’s election will change Europe
Does the French presidential election, after the American one, confirm Friedrich Nietzsche’s assertion that “every profound spirit…
Emmanuel Macron is the moderate revolutionary France needs
The dominant sentiment is one of relief that centrist Emmanuel Macron has won through to the second…
The sorry spectacle of the French presidential election
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An Australian’s Paris dreaming: of Miles, Ducasse and a beautiful diversity now at risk
Face à l’enjeu électoral français, le journaliste australien, un temps expatrié en France, se souvient du jour…
French election: Fillon & Le Pen — a tale of moral laxity
A Shakespearian twist is required, perhaps, to comprehend the astonishing scenario of moral laxity and personal enrichment,…
Will France be wooed by right-wing populist Marine Le Pen, like the US and Donald Trump?
After the stupefying Brexit-Trump sequence, and the Italian referendum result, could far-right National Front leader Marine Le…
Summer of fear: Nicolas Sarkozy the cause of France’s woes, not the solution
Debate surrounding terrorist attacks in Europe this northern summer has morphed into rhetorical overkill, as opportunistic politicians…
French PM comes Down Under
With a federal election in the offing, the visit to Australia by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls…