‘Coalitation’ is a neologism to designate an unprecedented institutional relationship between cohabitation and coalition involving the presidential party and Michel Barnier’s Les Républicains.
The appointment of Michel Barnier as prime minister signals an alliance between Emmanuel Macron and the right-wing Les Républicains party as well as shows the National Rally’s position of strength.
From railway sabotage to depictions of the last supper during the opening ceremony, the first week of the Olympics has shown just how fractious our world has become.
After the legislative dissolution decided by French president Emmanual Macron, the second round of the legislative elections reveals a political landscape turned upside down.
Emmanuel Macron is in turmoil and Viktor Orbán just inherited a key role in Europe. There are many delicate conversations to be had with the UK’s allies.
After President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly, the first round of the snap legislative elections took place on June 30. Historian Mathias Bernard analyses what’s at stake.
Leftist and centrist parties will now try to coalesce behind each other’s candidates in order to prevent National Rally from securing an outright majority in parliament.
Whatever the outcome, the next government will likely be even weaker than the current one, precisely the situation President Emmanuel Macron had hoped to rectify.
Polling hasn’t improved for the UK’s Conservatives throughout the campaign. meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron appears to be heading for electoral disaster.
Macron has often referred to historian and ‘résistant’ Mark Bloch. As his dissolution of parliament opens the way to the far-right, might it be time he went back to reading him?
Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa and Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht University