Tag: France elections

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  French runoff, a choice between Macron’s unexciting centrism and Le Pen’s unsullied Trumpism

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – French President Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, but he’s still in trouble. He knew he would be. Here’s what he said on Saturday.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 07:36 UTC

  The Battle for the French Right

  

  By Daniel Cohen – The French presidential election in April will almost certainly be decided in a second-round contest between the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron, and one of the right-wing candidates. Much, therefore, will depend on the performance of potential spoilers like Éric Zemmour, the French version of Donald Trump