Feature: Could Pension Reform End Macron?
by 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.
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TyskySour: 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.
Analysis: Le Pen Lost – But the Far Right Didn’t
by 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.
TyskySour: 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.
Economist Frédéric Lordon’s Letter to Emmanuel Macron: “Hand Over the Keys”
by Frédéric Lordon
On 18 March, president Macron hosted a hand-picked group of 64 intellectuals at the presidential palace to discuss the challenges the country faced. One invitee who refused to attend was economist and philosopher Frédéric Lordon. Gabriel Bristow translates his response.
Ash Wednesday: Literature Is a Weapon | Ash Sarkar Meets Edouard Louis
At the LRB Bookshop Ash met French literary sensation Edouard Louis to discuss his latest book “Who Killed My Father”, the Gilets Jaunes, love, suffering and more.
TyskySour: 2018: the Season Finale of Centrism
Was 2018 Centrism’s season finale? Will Macron survive the Gilets Jaunes’ movement? And is there anything liberals won’t blame on Russia or Facebook?
‘Macron is attacking everyone, and everyone is fighting back’: Interview with a Union Organiser in France
by Joe Hayns
Over past few months there's been an upsurge in worker resistance across multiple sectors in France. Joe Hayns spoke to union organiser Tiziri Kandi about the Clichy hotel strike, outsourcing, and the rail workers fighting Macron’s labour reforms.
WTF Is Going On in France?
by Julie Saumagne
Since the election of Emmanuel Macron last year, student and worker mobilisation in France has been difficult. But recent weeks have seen the emergence of multiple and simultaneous fronts of resistance to his neoliberal agenda.
5 Reasons Macron and Merkel Aren’t Going to Save Europe
by Laurence Dorman
Despite what the liberal press are saying, the EU is not marching towards a new era of prosperity thanks to Macron and Merkel. Here are five reasons why not.