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Opinion: Macron Is Making a Joke of France’s Electorate

Cole Stangler

The French president has refused to appoint a prime minister from the leftwing coalition that won the most seats in the country’s recent snap elections. French citizens deserve better, writes Cole Stangler.

A man walks through a crowd of police wearing a St George flag

Opinion: We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’

Rivkah Brown

The far-right riots have exposed the racist core of Britain’s immigration panic. Angela Rayner has shown the right instinct by seizing this moment to chip away at the hostile environment, writes Rivkah Brown.

People in Paris celebrate the defeat of the far right at the legislative election. Edouard Monfrais-Albertini / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect

Analysis: Even in Defeat, the French Far Right Is in Its Strongest Position Yet

Olly Haynes

The far right have been beaten in France. But unless the left can push for democratic renewal, they’ll be back, writes Olly Haynes.

A group of politicians stand in front of a banner that says 'Nouveau Front', or New Front in French

Analysis: The French Left Can Fight the Far Right If It Stops Fighting Itself

Cole Stangler

The New Popular Front, formed hastily in response to Macron’s desperate snap election punt, has a chance of doing what centrists cannot, writes Cole Stangler: stop Marine Le Pen. That is, as long as Jean-Luc Mélenchon keeps his cool.

Opinion: The European Elections Show What Happens to Smug Centrists

Rivkah Brown

The European far right crushed Sunday’s ballot, with Emmanuel Macron so humiliated he’s called a national election. The results should shake our self-satisfied soon-to-be prime minister, writes Rivkah Brown.

A group of French police officers stand in shadow as a group of dark-skinned men look on

Feature: Paris Is Banishing Its Homeless Before the Olympics. A Group of Child Migrants Isn’t Having It

Christophe Domec

A new law is sending unhoused people from the French capital to ten temporary accommodation centres around the country, a move the government maintains has nothing to do with the Olympics. A group of child migrants is fighting back. Christophe Domec reports.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Martin Bertrand / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect

Analysis: France’s Youngest Ever Prime Minister Is Part of Macronism’s Shift to the Right

Olly Haynes

34-year-old Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is an ideological void, but he has banished the left from his cabinet.

Marine Le Pen, a woman with blonde hair, sits among red seats

Analysis: That’s It, Marine Le Pen Is Writing France’s Laws Now

Cole Stangler

Last week, Macron's coalition pushed through an immigration bill described as France's most regressive in 40 years, and which Le Pen has declared an ‘ideological victory’. That’s what happens when you try to outgun the far right, argues Cole Stangler.

Bernard Arnault, president of LVMH. Miller Alastair/ABACA via Reuters Connect

Feature: Spies, Surveillance and a ‘State Within the State’: How France’s Richest Man Built His Luxury Empire

Olly Haynes

France’s wealthiest tycoon has a history of scandal and direct access to Macron’s neoliberal elite.

Feature: French Protesters Are Thinking Up New Ways to Stop Macron’s Pension Reforms

Olly Haynes

At a massive May Day march in Paris, leftists say the movement needs to step up its actions to win. Olly Haynes reports.

Report: French Leftwing Publisher Detained by UK Counter-Terrorism Police

Olly Haynes

Publishers have criticised the ‘outrageous and unjustifiable infringements of basic principles of the freedom of expression’.

An image of Macron appears on the warning label of an oversized packet of cigarettes being held up as a protest banner. Crowds can be seen in the background

Feature: Could Pension Reform End Macron?

Olly Haynes

An attempt to raise the retirement age in France has sparked the biggest anti-government protests since the gilets jaunes. Olly Haynes reports.

Image shows a black man wearing a black hat wearing a blue hoodie passing June election campaign posters bearing Jean-Luc Mélenchon's face. The posters read 'Melenchon prime minister'.

Analysis: Ahead of June’s Elections, a Revived French Left is Uniting

Ell Folan

France’s election was contested by two rightwingers. But a new coalition suggests a radical left is rising once more.

Novara Live: Macron Re-elected; Elon Musk to Buy Twitter; Mail’s Misogynistic Hit Piece on Rayner

Macron's election as French president might be a relief, but an unprecedented showing for the far right does not bode well for western democracies.

Marine Le Pen, French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, looks on at the Pavillon d'Armenonville after her defeat in the second round of the 2022 French presidential election, in Paris, France, April 24, 2022.

Analysis: Le Pen Lost – But the Far Right Didn’t

Aurelien Mondon

Emmanuel Macron has been returned to the French presidency for a second term. His victory is more fragile than some might think, argues Aurelien Mondon.

Novara Live: Tories Turn on Johnson; Baker Says Resign; Kwarteng’s Insult to Earth Day

Influential Tories have publicly called for Johnson to resign. With a Commons select committee set to investigate whether he deliberately misled parliament, are the walls finally closing in on the prime minister? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

French former president Francois Hollande, wearing a blue suit and dark blue tie, raises his hands above his head.

Analysis: What Happened to France’s Socialist Party?

Ell Folan

In 2012, the centre-left Parti Socialiste held the presidency and a congressional majority. Now the party is on course to win just 2% in the upcoming presidential election. Ell Folan looks at what went wrong.

Novara Live: Johnson & Macron Trade Blows While People Drown

A war of words between Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron has turned a humanitarian crisis into a diplomatic spat. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the undignified politics of the UK/French border.

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Opinion: Macron Is Making a Joke of France’s Electorate

Cole Stangler

Analysis: Even in Defeat, the French Far Right Is in Its Strongest Position Yet

Olly Haynes

Opinion: The European Elections Show What Happens to Smug Centrists

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: France’s Youngest Ever Prime Minister Is Part of Macronism’s Shift to the Right

Olly Haynes

Analysis: That’s It, Marine Le Pen Is Writing France’s Laws Now

Cole Stangler

Feature: Spies, Surveillance and a ‘State Within the State’: How France’s Richest Man Built His Luxury Empire

Olly Haynes

Report: French Leftwing Publisher Detained by UK Counter-Terrorism Police

Olly Haynes

Analysis: Ahead of June’s Elections, a Revived French Left is Uniting

Ell Folan

Novara Live: Macron Re-elected; Elon Musk to Buy Twitter; Mail’s Misogynistic Hit Piece on Rayner

Analysis: Le Pen Lost – But the Far Right Didn’t

Aurelien Mondon

Novara Live: Tories Turn on Johnson; Baker Says Resign; Kwarteng’s Insult to Earth Day

Analysis: What Happened to France’s Socialist Party?

Ell Folan

Novara Live: Johnson & Macron Trade Blows While People Drown

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Opinion: Macron Is Making a Joke of France’s Electorate

Cole Stangler

Opinion: We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: Even in Defeat, the French Far Right Is in Its Strongest Position Yet

Olly Haynes

Analysis: The French Left Can Fight the Far Right If It Stops Fighting Itself

Cole Stangler

Opinion: The European Elections Show What Happens to Smug Centrists

Rivkah Brown

Feature: Paris Is Banishing Its Homeless Before the Olympics. A Group of Child Migrants Isn’t Having It

Christophe Domec

Analysis: France’s Youngest Ever Prime Minister Is Part of Macronism’s Shift to the Right

Olly Haynes

Analysis: That’s It, Marine Le Pen Is Writing France’s Laws Now

Cole Stangler

Feature: Spies, Surveillance and a ‘State Within the State’: How France’s Richest Man Built His Luxury Empire

Olly Haynes

Feature: French Protesters Are Thinking Up New Ways to Stop Macron’s Pension Reforms

Olly Haynes

Report: French Leftwing Publisher Detained by UK Counter-Terrorism Police

Olly Haynes

Feature: Could Pension Reform End Macron?

Olly Haynes

Analysis: Ahead of June’s Elections, a Revived French Left is Uniting

Ell Folan

Novara Live: Macron Re-elected; Elon Musk to Buy Twitter; Mail’s Misogynistic Hit Piece on Rayner

Analysis: Le Pen Lost – But the Far Right Didn’t

Aurelien Mondon

Novara Live: Tories Turn on Johnson; Baker Says Resign; Kwarteng’s Insult to Earth Day

Analysis: What Happened to France’s Socialist Party?

Ell Folan

Novara Live: Johnson & Macron Trade Blows While People Drown

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