The self-confessed europhile will need to respond to concerns about the EU if he is to succeed as French president.
- Head of Department Politics, Languages and International Studies - Senior Lecturer in French and European Politics, University of Bath
The French regional elections were far from a nationalist wipeout. But can Marine Le Pen make good on what the party has achieved?
David Cameron’s announcement in January last year that the Conservatives would hold a referendum in 2017 if his party were to win a majority in the 2015 general election was a watershed moment in the history…
For followers of British politics the narrative is familiar: populist right-wing party champions withdrawal from the European Union and a harder line on immigration and suddenly start pulling out remarkable…
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