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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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TRIBUNE : PARIS, UN RÊVE AUSTRALIEN.
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…
Marine Le Pen is far from finished
The French hair-trigger? Just another lurching crisis from the nation that gave us the modern revolution? The…
Marine Le Pen’s National Front blunts chance for reform in France
Comeback trail: Déja Vu Sarkozy Part Deux
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is poised to begin another comeback this weekend in a conservative party…