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Articles on French election 2024
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Cost of living pressures continue to hit the Labor government in the polls.
Tim Bale and Safia Dahani discuss the French and UK election results on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Labour’s Keir Starmer becomes the new UK prime minister after 14 years of Conservative rule.
The far-right looks like it will be a significant parliamentary force in France over the next few years.
French far-right party, the National Front, has taken a third of votes, nearly doubling its support from 2022.
Leftist and centrist parties will now try to coalesce behind each other’s candidates in order to prevent National Rally from securing an outright majority in parliament.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor, School of History, ANU / Chercheur Associé at the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po, Australian National University
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Aston University
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Post-doctorante en sociologie, EHESS, CESSP, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics, York University, Canada
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor of Political Science and Founding Director, International Studies Program, Burman University