A new world order or more of the same?
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A gap is widening between ordinary people and an elite they deem to be arrogant and disconnected from the realities French people face. In many minds, Macron epitomises this elite.
A man carrying a club is seen as the Proud Boys, a right-wing pro-Trump group, gather with their allies in a rally against left-wing Antifa in Portland, Oregon, Sept. 26, 2020.
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Are the conditions ripe in the US for violence before, during or after the presidential election?
Can the left bounce back? The UK Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn, French Socialist Party’s Benoit Hamon and German socialist party leader Martin Schulz certainly hope so, as does New Zealand Labour’s great hope, Jacinda Ardern.
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The centre-left has had a torrid year, particularly in Europe, but there are glimmers of hope on the horizon and hope for it to regroup.
In a polling station in western France on June 11, 2017.
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Many French voters seems willing to give the new president and his party, La République en Marche, a broad mandate, even if they didn’t initially support him.
Electoral posters of a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Marseille, France.
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Emmanuel Macron may have won the presidential election, but his agenda could fail if his party doesn’t get a majority in Parliament.
Piece of mind.
Arithmedes
Your guide to when to pay attention to them and when to beware.
Team Macron is ready to talk. You pick the language.
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President Macron is known for his excellent grasp of English, but his top team are also rather good at German.
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Despite being widely tipped as the next leader of the Front National, the young deputy is dropping out.
Better get cracking.
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The self-confessed europhile will need to respond to concerns about the EU if he is to succeed as French president.
He comes in peace.
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He is a strident europhile, but that doesn’t mean France’s new leader is out to punish the UK for Brexit.
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Victory for Emmanuel Macron is a blow for the far right, but there are lessons to be learnt for 2022.
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The Conversation Global asked scholars from around the world what they thought of Emmanuel Macron’s victory, and what means for their country.
Macron sweeps to victory.
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France’s new president is just 39-years-old and started his own political movement barely a year ago. So how did he do it?
On your marks.
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Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron went head-to-head in the final debate before the second round of voting on May 7.
Supporters of Marine Le Pen campaigning in southern France ahead of the second round of the presidential election.
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France seems more divided than ever going into the run-off vote between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen on May 7.
Marine Le Pen at a political rally in Metz, France.
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What does it mean to be French? The two standing presidential candidates hope voters will agree with their version of the answer.
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By promising a top job to Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the Front National leader is hoping to catch a few more votes. But is it too little too late?
Shooting hoops in a French migrant camp.
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Migration and asylum issues have come to epitomise France’s political tensions and to reflect the critical decisions that will face its next president.
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When Jean-Marie Le Pen made it to the second round in 2002, France was in a very different mood.
En Marche! candidate Emmanuel Macron is favoured to become France’s next president.
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Both Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have gained from the very deep disaffection of the French electorate with its traditional political representatives.