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France’s president is respected but unloved | 1843 magazine

French politics have lurched to the right, and so has President Emmanuel Macron. Amidst national crises and shaky approval ratings, he claims woke leftism is ruining France and presents himself as the law-and-order candidate for the upcoming elections.

The economy is healthy, the public finances are less so | Europe

From the blog of Hamidreza Zarifinia at The Times of Israel

Just a decade ago, France held paramount influence in Africa. Today, its reach is in freefall and, with it, any pretension of being a global power.

PARIS  —  Although the French presidential election is just two months away, it still feels as though the campaign hasn’t really begun. On both the right and the left, the candidates are busy marking their territories off from close rivals. Each seems to be more focused on settling internal accounts than on confronting the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron.

PARIS  —  Although the French presidential election is just two months away, it still feels as though the campaign hasn’t really begun. On both the right and the left, the candidates are busy marking their territories off from close rivals. Each seems to be more focused on settling internal accounts than on confronting the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron.

With less than two months before the first round of the French presidential election, immigration is once again a major campaign issue for a number of candidates. While the issue has always been a source of passion and tension, "the debate has become more radical,"&#x20...

Although the French presidential election is only two months away, it still feels as though the campaign has not really begun. On both the right and the left, the candidates are busy marking off their territories from close rivals. Each seems to be more focused on settling internal accounts than on confronting the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron. On the left, seven candidates are

Blu-ray film review by Sebastian Scotney