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WAS MACRON RIGHT TO WARN OF CIVIL WAR AFTER THE COMING ELECTION?
With the far right poised to take more seats than at any time since 1940, and politicial tensions at thier highest point in decades, why did the French president call for an election in the first place?
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French politics & society
WILL MACRON SUBMIT TO HISTORY?
Macron risks diminishing Europe, and France within it, by leaving the door open to a party traditionally…
The riots in France have diminished, but the burning issues remain
While the violence may have calmed down for now, writes Richard Ogier, the country must make fundamental…
Protests, riots: is France still a good place to live?
Together apart: with no majority, Macron has to rethink his and France’s future
How will the French president keep his country stable, and with which party can he form a…
Crazy world of politics as Macron’s challenges move from Right to Left
Richard Ogier explains why France’s newly re-elected president still has an uphill battle trying to navigate the…
That other election, the other debate: Macron leads but Le Pen a formidable force
On the cusp of the French presidential election, the far right has never been stronger in the…
Spectre of surging far right as France prepares to vote
Marine Le Pen’s concerted attempts at softening her image – she and her cats are a favourite…
How Putin’s invasion is shining a light on an ugly side of French politics
As the fallout from Putin’s invasion continues, French presidential candidates who have previously been sympathetic to him…
Chaotic ‘yellow vests’ exposing fragility of France
Macron visit: how Paris is newly resurgent, despite Trump’s Jim
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…
