President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as a defender of the liberal order against the rising tide of right-wing populism. But he can't lead Europe while mass protests have France in crisis.
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When France won the world cup in 1998, the team was celebrated for its multiculturalism. What has happened since?
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Populist parties like France's Front National typically stress traditional family values. So is it possible for them to appeal to traditional leftist voters like single women and the queer community?
Everyone has forgotten there were almost as many asylum seekers in Europe in the early 1990s as today.
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.
France's new En Marche! party is on track to win 400 legislative seats, another victory for the country's young president.
Emmanuel Macron may have won the presidential election, but his agenda could fail if his party doesn't get a majority in Parliament.
Over the past 300 years, Western educated elites have debated, founded and expanded the right to vote.
Both attack the status-quo, but for entirely different reasons.
Despite being widely tipped as the next leader of the Front National, the young deputy is dropping out.
The self-confessed europhile will need to respond to concerns about the EU if he is to succeed as French president.
Victory for Emmanuel Macron is a blow for the far right, but there are lessons to be learnt for 2022.
Macron's win showed France is internationalist, outward looking, pro-EU and free market-oriented; Le Pen's rise revealed that it's also nationalist, protectionist, anti-EU and suspicious of outsiders.
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Associate Professor in French and Francophone Studies, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Politics, University of Bath
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Research Fellow, Global Governance Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
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Teaching Fellow in French Studies, University of Warwick
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Professor of Sociology, Cornell University
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Head of Department Politics, Languages and International Studies - Senior Lecturer in French and European Politics, University of Bath
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Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences and EU Centre on Shared Complex Challenges, University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
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Chancellor's Fellow in History, University of Edinburgh
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Research fellow, University of Leeds
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Professor of History, University of Michigan
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Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service
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Associate Professor, Journalism, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, School of Government and International Relations; Director, Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University Newark
