🇫🇷⏰ French Politics #22: On borrowed time
Bonjour ! I’m running out of metaphors for French politics — and that alone says a lot. Still, what happens in Paris tends to reverberate across Europe.
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🇫🇷🖐 French Politics #20: Five PM's, zero direction
Bonsoir ! France changes prime ministers faster than Lady Gaga changes outfits. Sébastien Lecornu has taken on the kamikaze job, while Fitch has meanwhile downgraded the country’s credit rating.
🇫🇷🏝️ French Politics #19: Sending migrants to islands
Even after her recent conviction, Marine Le Pen's popularity remains stable, while her party continues same illegal practices. Meanwhile, Wauquiez suggests deporting migrants to tiny French islands.
🇫🇷📰 French Politics #18: Macron's Tin Soldiers
While Trump forces French companies to follow his anti-diversity policies, Macron attempts to build a European 'reassurance force'. But who's actually joining? Welcome to issue 18 of French Politics!
🇫🇷⚛French Politics #17: Atomic Ambitions
As Macron positions himself as Europe’s nuclear guardian, Marine Le Pen teeters on the edge of a legal abyss. Power and downfall beneath the Parisian spring sun—welcome to Issue 17.
🇫🇷French Politics #16: How to save Europe à la française
As Macron tries to gather Europe's shattered pieces, his attempt to save the continent with kintsugi yesterday in Washington was unsuccessful. The distance between Europe and the US is increasing.
🇫🇷French Politics #15: Out with the new, in with the old
Prime Minister Bayrou has finally completed his new team. Among the 36 ministers, there is a striking number of familiar faces. Will they extinguish the fire they started themselves?
The Ins and Outs of French Politics #14: Four is a crowd!
François Bayrou is the new prime minister, France's fourth this year. To get the job, he blackmailed Macron. His presidential authority is crumbling like a house of cards. And Sarkozy has go to jail, albeit a pretty comfortable one: his own villa.
The Ins and Outs of French Politics #13
Bonsoir !Happy New Year! With only 98 days until the French choose their new leader, I thought an excellent New Year’s resolution would be to start regularly sending in this newsletter again. In this issue: A female conservative candidate could get Macron’s job, French prison inmates are becoming more and more political, and France presides over Europe.Bonne lecture et bonne année 2022 !
The Ins and Outs of French Politics #12
Bonjour !In this week's Newsletter: congratulations to Emmanuel Macron (or at least, to his party), a look at new political books, and a real war is coming soon to a theatre near you.Bonne lecture et joyeux dimanche ! (🦠😷Even though this newsletter is not vaccinated yet, it is still entirely corona-free)