Autocracy vs. Democracy? New Issue of ‘The Tocqueville Review’
Autocracy vs. Democracy ? A New Geopolitical Landscape in France, Europe and The United States A new issue of The Tocqueville Review is now available online (Vol. 45, No. 1) A social […]
Comprendre la “laïcité à la française” : Malentendus, mythes, réalités
Par Catherine Audard et Cécile Laborde. Le processus de sécularisation de la société française qui a commencé pendant la Révolution française et qui se poursuit de nos jours semble avant […]
David Bell – Living in Interesting Times
You can call American politics a lot of things, but boring is not one of them. In less than two months, we have seen the former president and Republican nominee […]
Disillusionment Is Dangerous
Yaël Braun-Pivet has been reelected president of the National Assembly, narrowly edging out the NFP candidate André Chassaigne with the help of votes from the newly rebaptized Droite Républicaine, ex-LR. […]
The New Cartel des Gauches
The New Popular Front briefly reinvigorated the left with enthusiasm for the idea of stopping the radical right in its tracks and, with luck, achieving major social advances, including a […]
Tubiana or Not Tubiana
The Socialists, Greens, and Communists have agreed to propose Laurence Tubiana as the NFP’s candidate for prime minister, but LFI has rejected the proposal as “not serious.” On the contrary, […]
David Bell – An Election Under Fire, And the Character Issue
As a historian, I like to think that the course of human events falls into regular, knowable patterns that a careful observer can uncover and explain. But there are days […]
Impasse
The New Popular Front seems well on the way to following the old Nupes into oblivion. The four parties have been unable to agree on the name of a future […]
Paralysis?
Blocages is too mild a word for the paralysis that has gripped the French political class since last Sunday’s election. It’s not just the tripartite division of the National Assembly that […]
Revelations
Yesterday was a day full of revelations. First, we learned that Jordan Bardella, deprived of the chance to become France’s next prime minister, will instead become the president of Patriots […]