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A Panel Response: What to Take Away from the Second Round of the French Elections?

25 April 2022 | Christopher Schaefer

To debrief the second round of the French presidential elections, Tocqueville 21 has invited a distinguished set of academics, journalists, and commentators on French politics to provide their thoughts on […]

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Art Goldhammer: French Politics

Wrapup

| Arthur Goldhammer

Here’s my article on the election results in The New Republic. Here are a few additional thoughts. The republican front, said to have collapsed, still exists and remains fairly robust. […]

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Revue de presse

La Présidentielle 2022 – Revue de Presse: 23 April 2022

23 April 2022 | Sarah Gustafson

The winner of the 2022 French presidential election will soon be known, with many commentators comparing its historic character to the 2016 US election and the Brexit referendum.   From […]

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On the Eve of the Election

| Arthur Goldhammer

In politics, they say, a week is a long time. Had I written this post a week or two ago, I would likely have entitled it “On the Brink” rather […]

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The Debate

21 April 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

I sum up the debate for The New Republic.

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Prelude to The Debate

19 April 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

The much-awaited debate will take place tomorrow. The candidates have haggled over every aspect. By common agreement the studio will be kept at a chilly 19° C. to guard against […]

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Vote by Income Percentile

17 April 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer
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A Literary View of the Election

14 April 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

Most commentary on the election has concentrated on the personalities and policies of the candidates. What little attention has been devoted to deeper structural changes in French society has tended […]

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How to Square the Circle?

13 April 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

Emmanuel Macron has a problem. His largest reservoir of potential voters lies among those who voted for Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the first round. The endorsements he has received from Nicolas […]

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A More Reflective Look at the First-Round Results

11 April 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

Again in The New Republic.

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Tribunes

A Panel Response: What to Take Away from the Second Round of the French Elections?

25 April 2022 | Christopher Schaefer

To debrief the second round of the French presidential elections, Tocqueville 21 has invited a distinguished set of academics, journalists, and commentators on French politics to provide their thoughts on […]

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Interview: Lucien Jaume on Laïcité and the French Presidential Election

8 April 2022 | Rouot Madeleine

Lucien Jaume is a philosopher, political scientist and professor at Sciences Po who has contributed to the rediscovery of the French liberal tradition. The author of numerous books on the […]

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On the Eve of the Election

7 April 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

I’m still betting on Macron, but I’m also sweating, for reasons I set forth in this article for The New Republic.

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Is an Upset Possible?

5 April 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

The polls are alarming. First-round polling suggests that the second round will be a repeat of 2017, with Macron facing off against Le Pen, but Le Pen has been closing […]

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Alain Krivine’s Last Barricade

1 April 2022 | Mitchell Abidor

In 2016 I traveled around France interviewing participants in the events of May and June 1968 for a book I was preparing, May Made Me, an oral history of the […]

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The Mellifluous Mélenchon

21 March 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

Jean-Luc Mélenchon held a rally this weekend and, by common consent, assembled the largest crowd of the campaign. He has risen modestly in the polls as Zemmour and Pécresse have […]

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Beer-Drinking, Baseball, and the French Left

17 March 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

What happened to the candidacy of Anne Hidalgo? Recent polls have put her at around 2-2.5%, about a third of the dismal score that Benoît Hamon made in 2017, which […]

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The Media and the Candidates

23 February 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

Parties no longer count for much. Elections hinge on personalities, or at any rate personae, and public personae are created by the media. So I thought it would be interesting […]

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Defections and the Future of the French Party System

30 January 2022 | Arthur Goldhammer

The French party system is in deep distress. This was already apparent in 2017, when the arrival of “neither right nor left” candidate Emmanuel Macron destructured the opposition that had […]

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