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France unbowed?

IN the run-up to last Sunday’s second round of French parliamentary elections, opinion polls and much of the media commentary chiefly focused on whether the far right would succeed in…

Fractured France

FEARS that the far right under Marine Le Pen might carve a path to the Élysée Palace ultimately proved to be unfounded. Emmanuel Macron retained the French presidency with a 17 per…

France turns left

The French electorate has produced a hung parliament, the French voters giving a split mandate to three main alliances. The Left alliance came on top but is still not in…

What’s going on in France?

France is in the grip of mass protests and strikes that have erupted against the controversial pension reform plan. The Macron government wants to increase the retirement age from the…