Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ESCALONA Fabien
The new French government is the most rightwing in France for more than a decade despite the fact that the leftwing alliance, the Nouveau Front Populaire, won more seats in July’s parliamentary elections than any other political group. Mediapart’s Fabien Escalona argues in this op-ed article (…)
, by HORN Gerd-Rainer
SINCE MID-JANUARY 2023 France is experiencing its most significant wave of social movement mobilization since the heady days of May/June 1968.
Though clearly of a lesser magnitude than those of 55 years ago, the ongoing demonstrations and strikes make clear that France remains one of the most (…)
, by RANCIERE Jacques
While the French people strike, protest against, and decry Macron’s law raising the pension age, Macron remains unmoved, immune to the people’s demands. This, Jacques Rancière argues, inaugurates a new era for the French state: one of brutal police repression.
In recent weeks, Emmanuel Macron (…)
, by TOYE Brent
France has always had a slippery status within comparative political economy. Once upheld as an ideal model of a planned capitalist economy during the Les Trente Glorieuses of the postwar period, the Fifth Republic has since been treated as somewhat of a laggard following the infamous ‘U-turn’ (…)
, by QUIJOUX Maxime
Upon becoming president, Emmanuel Macron promised to make France into a “start-up nation.” But imitating workplace hierarchies has made his government deeply authoritarian — subjecting democratic institutions to the tyranny of the boss.
Elected to the presidency in May 2017, Emmanuel Macron (…)
, by MARTELLI Roger
A close look at Macron’s election, the collapse of the Socialist Party, and the end of a long cycle for the French left.
So Emmanuel Macron has his majority, a smaller one than expected. The opposition is in pieces. The Left has to be rebuilt. As for the new president, he is not at the end of (…)
, by BRIANÇON Pierre
The new French president’s aloof leadership style has put his party on course for a big majority — but may be impossible to maintain. Emmanuel Macron thinks power is best exercised when wrapped in a cloud of mystery.
PARIS — The French noticed a radical change in Emmanuel Macron when he (…)
, by SIMON Jacques
François Hollande has hastened the French Socialist Party’s transformation into a vehicle for business interests.
France’s Socialist Party (PS) government is being pummeled by criticism from the Right, the Left, and civil society more broadly. François Hollande’s government’s approval ratings (…)
, by BIRCH Jonah
Before Alexis Tsipras, Europe battered François Mitterrand’s reformist ambitions into a sweeping neoliberal program.
In the story of Greece’s subjugation by European capital, there is a seemingly endless cast of villains. At the top of that list are Angela Merkel and the almost cartoonishly (…)
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