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• Political regime, parties, ideologies (France)

  France Is Transformed – The results of second round of the parliamentary elections in their historical context

  19 June 2017, 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 (...)

• Political regime, parties, ideologies (France)

  The New French President: Macron’s ‘Jupiter’ model unlikely to stand test of time

  16 June 2017, 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 became (...)

• Political regime, parties, ideologies (France)

  Hollande’s Party – The French SP’s transformation

  21 June 2016, 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 hover (...)

• Political regime, parties, ideologies (France)

  Before Tsipras in Greece, the 1980s in France – The Many Lives of François Mitterrand

  19 August 2015, 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 (...)