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There are many more articles in the corresponding French section, reflecting the range of discussions and point of views within the French (radical) Left, in addition to article on current political situation. Of course, these are... in French. To reach the French section, click on the “translation” button in the left column.
Since 29 September, France has seen a first wave of strikes and demonstrations against inflation and the high cost of living, and for wage increases. There was a national day of strike action on 29 September, another on 18 October, and a national march against the cost of living and climate (...)
By downgrading the ministry for France’s overseas territories to junior status, now under the authority of the interior minister in France’s new government, President Emmanuel Macron has dismayed many Members of Parliament for the territories, but also a number of senior civil servants. (...)
Emmanuel Macron has lost his majority in parliament and looks increasingly set to make deals with conservative and far-right parties. The demonization of the Left and indulgence of Le Pen show the hollowness of his establishment liberalism.
n last month’s French parliamentary elections, (...)
“Just a few months ago, the French political situation seemed to be smiling on Emmanuel Macron. In a contest against Marine Le Pen, whom he had crushed five years earlier, his return to the Élysée seemed all but assured. In the end, though, only the first part of this scenario came to pass. The (...)
The first step to understanding the results of the French legislative elections of June 12 and 19 is simple: Macron has lost the absolute majority in the National Assembly and will find himself in a state of institutional instability whose outcome no one can predict. It is therefore a barely (...)
The second round of France’s parliamentary elections saw the president lose his majority, a new left alliance becoming the second largest force, but also a worrying increase in far-right representation. Ian Birchall explains the background and looks at what may come next.
In a world heading (...)
The outcome of France’s legislative elections on Sunday shows the extent to which the country’s political map has been redrawn in recent years. There are now three main blocs and groups of voters; Emmanuel Macron’s centre-right, the Left and the far-right. But the composition of the new National (...)
Dave Kellaway unravels the unexpected and unparalleled second round results of the French parliamentary elections
Please join Anti*Capitalist Resistance on Thursday, June 23 2022 at 19:30 BST for a discussion with Penny Duggan of the New AntiCapitalist Party on France After the Elections. (...)
In yesterday’s legislative election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s NUPES coalition deprived Emmanuel Macron of his majority. Now, the fight begins to defeat his neoliberal agenda in the parliament.
It wasn’t the victory that Jean-Luc Mélenchon had hoped for—but when the first projections came through at 8pm (...)
By playing at being the sorcerer’s apprentice and pitching himself as the only acceptable option between the radical Left and the far-right, Emmanuel Macron has allowed Rassemblement National to become a major force within the National Assembly, argues Ellen Salvi in this opinion article. Rather (...)
The results of the second round of the legislative elections are a defeat for the current government. Emmanuel Macron is indeed far from obtaining an absolute majority of in parliament, confirming his illegitimacy and his status of “badly elected president”.
The defeats of several leading (...)
Dave Kellaway reports on the first round of the French parliamentary elections.
Gérald Darmanin, the French interior minister, the same politician who blamed the Liverpool fans for the debacle of the Champions league final a few weeks ago, did his best to massage the election results. He (...)
NUPES, the union of left-wing organizations, is in the lead after the first round of the legislative elections, ahead of the coalition that supports Macron. This is a disavowal for Macron’s regime, who will be the first president not to obtain an absolute majority following his election.
The (...)
The NPA once the agreement with NUPES failed decided to support candidates of different types depending on the local situation. International Viewpoint has already published an article on a broad non-aligned candidacy . This interview with Penelope Duggan, member of the NPA leadership and (...)
On 12 and 19 June, important legislative elections take place. For Macron, elected with historically low scores, the objective is to maintain a majority that will allow him to continue serving the ruling class. Behind the announcement of important priorities in favour of purchasing power or (...)
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s left-wing coalition is neck and neck with Emmanuel Macron’s party in polls for today’s French parliamentary elections. The coalition’s victory would shake the neoliberal order in France and across the European Union.
For France’s left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, today’s (...)
After a delay of 26 days, on Friday May 20th Emmanuel Macron finally appointed the 27 members of the new government under recently-installed prime minister Élisabeth Borne. As Ilyes Ramdani reports, its composition is strikingly similar to the old government and is still anchored firmly to the (...)
As far as his party and some commentators are concerned, Emmanuel Macron sent a “signal to the Left” this week by appointing Élisabeth Borne as France’s new prime minister. It is a sleight of hand that would be laughable if it did not also highlight how the head of state is continuing his attempts (...)
An analysis of the final results of last Sunday’s presidential election shows the extent to which Emmanuel Macron’s electoral strategy paid off handsomely, while at the same time indicating that support for the far-right is now firmly entrenched across the country. It is now abundantly clear that (...)
Dave Kellaway provides his initial analysis of the French presidential election result.
Macron won a comfortable victory in the second round of the French presidential elections with a lead of 17 percentage points which was at least 5 points better than any of the final polls. The last (...)
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