Sébastien Lecornu was the fourth prime minister to go since the summer of 2024. His departure adds yet more pressure on president Emmanuel Macron.
- Reader in French Studies, University of Warwick
O impulso de extrema-direita de Marine Le Pen foi interrompido em seu caminho.
A pesar de todas las expectativas, la extrema derecha ha fracasado en su intento de obtener la mayoría en la Asamblea Nacional francesa.
Marine Le Pen’s far-right push has been halted in its tracks.
The embattled president must use this moment to end centuries of ambiguity over the place of Jews in French society.
Victory for Emmanuel Macron is a blow for the far right, but there are lessons to be learnt for 2022.
When Jean-Marie Le Pen made it to the second round in 2002, France was in a very different mood.
The most unpopular president of the fifth republic won’t be seeking a second mandate.
He’s the surprise winner of the republican nomination, but Fillon is in a strong position to attack the weaknesses of the far right.
Britain might want to play nice and exit calmly, but the French president must avoid giving ammunition to Frexiters.
Sweeping changes to employment law are of far greater concern than allegations that the Front National has been avoiding tax.
Cuts to surveillance and questions about French values were problem even before the attack near Lyon.
When he interred four anti-racist and secularist icons in Paris’s Panthéon, François Hollande perhaps hoped some of their legacy would rub off on him.
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