Emmanuel Macron and the rise of the extreme centre
The first round of the French Presidential elections is less than two weeks away and the Elysée Palace, which for the last ten years has
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The first round of the French Presidential elections is less than two weeks away and the Elysée Palace, which for the last ten years has
Last night’s first of three French presidential debates, if not exactly rivetting television, at least showed that the level of discourse and quick-witted intelligence in
Can Marine Le Pen win? I have been regularly in France this winter and spring trying to find the answer to this question. In 1982
To paraphrase Gérard Courtois, editorial writer for Le Monde, if the French weren’t just a few weeks away from a presidential election that will decide
Conor Cruise O’Brien once famously said of Ireland’s most scandal-hit prime minister Charlie Haughey that he would not believe his political career to be dead
You have to hand it to him. The man’s got balls. Six weeks ago, François Fillon, the centre-right candidate in the upcoming French presidential elections,
In January, I predicted that Marine Le Pen would win the French presidential election. Back then, the race was between the National Front leader and
It still seems incredible that Marine Le Pen could become President of France. But we live in a world where today’s incredible can become tomorrow’s common-place.
The notion of François Fillon as the frontrunner and favourite to be the next President of France always looked a little fanciful. He’s my tasse
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