The French protest movement sparked by a gas tax hike remains committed to fighting for economic justice.
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Macron’s Cheek: Daring to Tell Brexit Nationalists They Are Wrong
In a scathing open letter, the French president called on Europeans to unite against the rising tide of populist nationalism.
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Europe’s Winter of Discontent
Domestic political turmoil in the European Union’s four largest economies spells trouble ahead.
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The French Right Goes Wrong
France’s Republican Party has chosen a new leader, Laurent Wauquiez, who did not hesitate to divide the party in order to conquer it. Now, having expelled his erstwhile comrades of the center-right, he has no alternative but to try to poach voters from the extremist Front National.
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France and Germany: An Aging Couple Carries On
Merkel and Macron need each other, as emblems of a still vital European center. But can Macron deliver more than symbols, and will Merkel take her foot off Europe’s oxygen hose?
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Party Realignment in France
The election of Emmanuel Macron as the next president of France could presage a dramatic party realignment.
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A Tale of Two Elections
The center holds—for now. France buys some time, while Britain buys trouble.
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Europe: Don’t Break Out the Champagne Yet
The good news: The far right is defeated in France. The bad news: more austerity policy
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France Avoids the Worst
In the first round of the French presidential election, voters shocked everyone by doing exactly what the polls predicted they would do. Round two will make 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron the youngest French president and the first not to be a member of one of the two major parties.
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Rumbling on the Left in France
Given up for dead just a few weeks ago, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has come roaring back and threatens to turn the French presidential race upside down.