Macron takes a jab at the unvaccinated The President of France has found himself in hot water after vowing to “piss off“, or “emmerder“, those who are yet to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “I am not one for pissing off the French. However, when it comes to those who are unvaccinated, I really want […]
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Macron’s Start-up Nation: The cloud hanging over France
With Britain tormented by its decision to leave the European Union, France waits, anticipating Brexit’s fall-out whilst also fantasising over a society full of unicorns. Emmanuel Macron’s pledge in June 2017 to make France a ‘start-up nation’ follows the growing trend of startup creation around Europe, and the appetite to produce startup companies valued at […]
Racism, Revolution and Resistance: France’s current political turmoil
The cleansing wave of ‘Pasokification’ (the process whereby traditional European social democratic and conservative/Christian democratic parties lose their support base) crashed in France in the 2017 election, leaving three populists on the shore with their heads above the water. Macron, the election winner and self-declared ‘Jupiterian’ sun-king, was a populist only in loose terms. He […]
Post-Colonial Guilt: Macron Recognises French Torture
President Macron has officially recognised, on behalf of the French state, the crimes carried out during the seven-year Algerian war of independence. Macron, the first president to be born after the conflict lifted the veil on 56 years of denial. Macron chose to visit 87-year-old Josette Audin, the widow of Maurice Audin who was tortured […]
Emmanuel Macron: A Centrist Myth?
Last April, France elected their youngest leader since Napoleon, Emmanuel Macron. A year on, the President of the Republic’s popularity is waning as his approval ratings continue to fall. Some critics say Macron’s centrist platform is a fallacy and correlate his actions, perceived to be far from centrist, to be the reason why. However, the […]
France’s state of emergency- the new normal?
Earlier this year, French president Emmanuel Macron announced that the state of emergency would be extended to the 1st November 2017, and as the latest lapse of the regime is being renewed, has this really become the “new normal”? Firstly, a little bit of context. The state of emergency was introduced in France as far […]
What’s happening with the French election?
With less than two months left before the First Round of the French Presidential Election, the race is looking harder and harder to predict. In a country which has been plagued by dissatisfaction during the term of François Hollande, it would appear that the people are turning to extreme options. The Republicans and Socialists have […]