Macron, whose own popularity ratings have been languishing, has made it clear that he opposes a wealth tax.
Emmanuel Macron
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Think Biden’s Unpopular? Check Out His Fellow Leaders.
If floundering leaders and ineffectual democracies are the new norm, we’re in a very dangerous time.
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Did Macron’s Gamble Pay Off?
Today on TAP: Calling a snap election did humiliate the far right. It remains to be seen whether the result produces a governable France.
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The French Disconnection
France’s voters have a bare chance of keeping the far right from power, if the center and left can manage to cooperate.
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Democrats and the Euroleft
How do the Dems stack up compared to U.K. Labour, the German Social Democrats, and the multiparty French left?
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The French Left Arises From the Dead
Today on TAP: A surprising result of President Macron’s impulsive decision to call a snap election
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France: Back to Dreyfus? Vichy? No Exit From Its Fraught History?
Today on TAP: Following the EU elections, the neofascist right squares off against the neo–Popular Front left.
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Europe’s Decelerating Drift
Today on TAP: How serious is the continuing appeal of the far right?
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The Path to Soft Fascism
Today on TAP: France could be the next country to elect a far-right president.
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Democracy Is in the Streets
In France, Israel, and just maybe, here, assaults on social rights by flawed governmental structures create the need for government-by-protest.