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Bilingual blog devoted to topical analysis of French politics and foreign relations
Reality TV Politics
Now this is something unusual in the French TV landscape. Beside their polemical investigation of French Islam in…
So French: Angry Syndicates and Endless Norms
In an attempt to boost French tourism, Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Ile-de-France regional council, is…
End of Reign
With a mere 4% favourablity rating and the media disaster caused by the publication of the book Un président ne…
What is France Coming To?
In just a couple of months, several civil servants, be it policemen or teachers, have been violently assaulted in…
French 2017 Elections: Terrorism, Prisons and Justice
At last, a consensus! Apparently, the republican candidates for the French primaries agree on one thing: the vital…
J. F. Poisson: The Outsider Republican
The first TV debate of the 2017 French primaries took place this Wednesday, and it did two things: it maintained…
French Primaries: Please, Do Focus on Economy!
Fueled by the terrorist attacks and the refugee crisis, the French dispute about “national identity” is on…
Alain Juppé and His So-Called “Identité…
As the first TV debate on the question of identity is approaching (October 13th), let us inaugurate this blog…
Introduction to the French Republican Primaries
Hello readers,
This blog is dedicated to the French presidential primaries of November 2016, which shall designate…