On April 24, French President Emmanuel Macron won the second round of the French presidential election, winning both a second term in office and a second campaign against rival Marine Le Pen. The …
Relative Political Posturing in the French Run-Off Election Has Eroded French Democracy
With Emmanuel Macron’s 2022 electoral victory over Marine Le Pen, it might be tempting to view the current iteration of Fifth Republic politics as a continuation of the status quo of French democracy …
Marine Le Pen: A Threat to France’s Democracy
Marine Le Pen's populist-nationalist tactics, anti-immigration, and xenophobic sentiment could damage French democracy if she were to be elected in the April 24th runoff elections. As …
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A Racist Conspiracy Theory Emerged in the 2022 French Presidential Elections
“In 10 years, will we still be the seventh power in the world? Will we still be a sovereign nation or an auxiliary of the United States, a counter of China? Will we be a united nation or a fragmented …
Will France Elect a Demagogue as Its Next President?
On Sunday, April 10th, France will enter its first round of elections for the 2022 presidential race. Amongst the eight candidates running, current French President Emmanuel Macron of the Republican …
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France – A Lesson in Leashing the Far Right
Since 2017, Marine le Pen has been laying the foundations for her next attempt at heading L’Elysée Palace. Her success in both local representative elections and EU Parliamentary elections following …
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Populism: Disease Or the Cure to Unresponsive Democracy?
By: Lukus Berber “The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now”- President Donald Trump (01/20/2017) Taking the message straight to …
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Could Marine Le Pen’s Potential Election Have Threatened France’s Democracy? by Héloïse Hakimi Le Grand @UCLA
On April 23rd 2017, what many French people and analysts abroad feared happened: the far-right, with 21.3% of the votes, was a round close to the presidency. But why were people so scared of Marine Le …