Bayrou Peters Out, Villepin Starts Up
The Socialists have announced that they will file a censure motion against Prime Minister Bayrou. This was a demise foretold months ago when Bayrou first proposed the idea of a […]
Debate! Debate!
A debate has broken out among three potential presidential candidates for 2027. It isn’t a particularly edifying debate, nor an incisive one, but phrases resembling ideas are being bandied about […]
The Socialist Party: No Direction Home, A Complete Unknown
The Socialist Party held its congress and confirmed its paralysis. Olivier Faure, the outgoing leader, managed to hold on to his post, but just barely, against challenger Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, after […]
Gaullism’s Bitter End
What was Gaullism? Yesterday’s smashing victory for Bruno Retailleau over Laurent Wauquiez for the presidency of Les Républicains can be viewed in many perspectives–in terms of its implications for the […]
Call for Papers: ‘250 Years of Franco-American Relations’ Conference
The Tocqueville Society and the American University of Paris are delighted to sponsor an interdisciplinary conference in Paris on “A Quarter-Millenium of Franco-American Relations,” to be held on May 28-29, […]
ABC Interview: ‘In Covid’s Wake’ by Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us (Princeton University Press, 2025) is addressed to American liberals. Written by two eminent Princeton political scientists, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee, it […]
Tocqueville in Review: A Consumer’s Guide to America in 2025
(Note: Originally published on the Tocqueville 21 Substack) Dear Readers, We are now over one hundred days into the second Trump administration. At this (early!) point, the structural impact on […]
A Predictable Descent
With Marine Le Pen sidelined, at least temporarily, it was inevitable that politicians from the not-so-center-right would make a pitch for her votes. Laurent Wauquiez, locked in a race for […]
Call for Papers, Tocqueville Review Conference, Paris, May 29-30, 2026
CALL FOR PAPERS: A Quarter-Millenium of Franco-American Relations The Tocqueville Society and the American University of Paris are delighted to sponsor an interdisciplinary conference in Paris on “A Quarter-Millenium of […]
Le Pen Is Out–But Not Down
Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of misappropriating European Parliament funds to support her political party in France. The sentence includes both hard “prison” time (2 years with an […]