Description

[Patreon Exclusive]
 

We analyse the French presidential election results, the country's geographical and class divides, and what a second term for Macron means for the EU.

 
Three Articles:

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  Emmanuel Macron Is Forming a New Right-Wing Bloc, Interview with Bruno Amable, Jacobin
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  Why Macron is invincible, Christopher Caldwell, Unherd
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  Le Pen was doomed from the start, Nathan Pinkoski, Compact

Other readings:

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  Waking Up from Anesthesia: Decline and Violence in France, Alexis Moriatis, Brooklyn Rail
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  Macron, Le Pen and France’s long battle between order and dissent, Sudhir Hazareesingh, FT
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  Jean-Luc Mélenchon's new supporters: the young, urban working class, Julie Carriat, Le Monde