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Don’t rule out Sarkozy just yet for 2017 comeback
At the rate that the French political elite is going, Dominique Strauss-Kahn might be the last palatable option standing to challenge nationalist Marine Le Pen in the 2017 election. The decision by...
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Is Donald Trump the American version of Le Pen?
Over the weekend, Le Figaro pondered whether Donald Trump, the tart-tongued real estate mogul, might be the U.S. version of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the French far-right founder of the Front national...
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How the Le Pen family feud influences France’s 2017 election
Sometimes, the cruelest cuts in international politics come not only from within your own party, but from within your very own family. Just ask David Miliband. After months of increasingly strained...
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Why French regional elections don’t really matter
Front national leader Marine Le Pen (left) and niece Marion Maréchal-Le Pen (right) hope to win in both France’s north and south on Dec. 13. In France’s previous two regional elections, in 2004 and...
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Trump effect: Europe turning toward integration, away from populists
Across Europe, support for Trump-style populists is falling, even though many European populists were growing long before Trump entered the political scene. (123RF / Evgeny Gromov) If there’s one thing...
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After presidency, Macron would face uphill battle for National Assembly
Emmanuel Macron might win the presidency, but he’ll face a steeper battle winning a parliamentary majority. (Charles Platiau / Reuters) Step back from the obsession over Marine Le Pen’s economic...
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If Mélenchon surges into unlikely runoff, it won’t come from last-minute...
The hard-left candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is rising in the polls, but it may still prove difficult to make it to a runoff in May. (Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters) With less than two weeks to go until...
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Why France’s election result is still ‘more of the same’
Emmanuel Macron’s first-round victory and wide polling lead against Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election all but assures him of victory in the runoff on May 7. (Facebook) After a...
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Le Pen-Macron debate echoes Trump-Clinton slugfests
Far-right presidential contender Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron clashed in their only debate between the April first-round presidential vote and Sunday’s runoff. (Eric Feferberg / AFP) For...
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Macron’s landslide win a emphatic mandate for liberal democracy
Emmanuel Macron won the French presidency on Sunday before addressing the country n front of the Louvre. (Facebook) Ultimately, a 30-point landslide portends more significance than a 20-point...
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