French voters have done what Macron asked by swerving leftÂ
France is out of the frying pan and straight into the fire
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France is out of the frying pan and straight into the fire
France could be on the brink of electing a hard-right government for the first time since the Second World War.
Democracy isn’t in trouble, the people who think they own it are.
The Bank of England did not explicitly mention Marine Le Pen in its report but the subtext was clear enough.Â
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won more than double the votes of Macron’s Renaissance party in the EU elections.
A rare calm between storms in French politics is allowing Macron’s competition to plot their next move.
Marine Le Pen, of the Far-Right, is already acting like a President-in-waiting. But her estranged niece could muddy the water.
The latest polls indicate that Marine Le Pen – who has pledged to reverse Macron’s pension reform – would be the front-runner in the next French election.
The French president is throwing everything at the wall to avoid becoming a lame duck.
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