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Éric Ciotti Candidate for the Presidency of Les Républicains

Hélène de Lauzun July 27, 2022

Ciotti distinguished himself during the primary campaign by taking positions clearly on the Right, in contrast to the very centrist positioning of the finalist Valérie Pécresse.

Les Républicains Under 5%: The Shipwreck of the French Governmental Right

Hélène de Lauzun April 17, 2022

The key to the survival of the main party of the French governmental right used to be political, now it is financial.

Zemmour Links Migration Policies to Anti-Semitic Murders; Prompts “Killer Macron” Chants

Robert Semonsen March 30, 2022

The chants came after Zemmour blamed France’s dismal security situation—which in recent years has seen murders, rapes, and violence explode—on incumbent candidate President Macron’s careless migration policies.

Sovereignists or Putinists? How the Ukrainian Crisis is Affecting the French Presidential Candidates

Hélène de Lauzun March 6, 2022

Today in France, taking a sovereignist line is unfortunately understood as Putinolatry, and it is extremely difficult to hear a balanced point of view on what the positioning of a strong France in the international game should be.

France’s War over Language: Neutral Pronoun ‘iel’ Spreading in Academe

Tristan Vanheuckelom February 23, 2022

France is no novice to this particular battleground. It was only in late October that Le Petit Robert announced the inclusion of the neutral third person pronoun “iel” for its digital edition.

Éric Zemmour Potentially in the Second Round of the Presidential Election

Hélène de Lauzun February 22, 2022

The journalist’s popularity is being driven by a charismatic campaign on social networks, reinforced by excellent control over images communicated through the media and through his rallies.

French Presidential Election: How to Achieve the Unity of the Rights?

Hélène de Lauzun January 30, 2022

Zemmour regularly claims in his speeches his affiliation with the former RPR, and his desire to achieve a “union of the Right.” He hopes to gather within his candidacy all the families of the French Right attached to national identity, sovereignty, a certain economic liberalism, and a (moderate) social conservatism.

Marine Le Pen versus Éric Zemmour: the War of the ‘Rights’

Hélène de Lauzun January 16, 2022

The distribution of votes among the various right-wing candidates resembles a game of communicating vessels. Marine Le Pen is ploughing her own furrow. Eric Zemmour puts ‘des mots sur des maux’ (words on evils): it is what he does best. He can participate in the reconfiguration of the French right. Will he go much further?

Violent Debates on Vaccine Pass in France

Hélène de Lauzun January 10, 2022

The year 2022 is starting badly for the French government. While it wanted to use the outbreak of the omicron variant in France to impose the vaccine pass before mid-January, things are looking more complicated than expected.

At the Heart of the French Presidential Election

Hélène de Lauzun December 22, 2021

Until a few months ago, the French media believed that the presidential campaign would be a repeat of the 2017 campaign, with a second round that would pit Emmanuel Macron against Marine Le Pen and end with the re-election of Emmanuel Macron. Today, nothing is written in stone, and the fundamentally unpredictable nature of political life gives us hope.

Tag: Valérie Pécresse

Éric Ciotti Candidate for the Presidency of Les Républicains

Les Républicains Under 5%: The Shipwreck of the French Governmental Right

Zemmour Links Migration Policies to Anti-Semitic Murders; Prompts “Killer Macron” Chants

Sovereignists or Putinists? How the Ukrainian Crisis is Affecting the French Presidential Candidates

France’s War over Language: Neutral Pronoun ‘iel’ Spreading in Academe

Éric Zemmour Potentially in the Second Round of the Presidential Election

French Presidential Election: How to Achieve the Unity of the Rights?

Marine Le Pen versus Éric Zemmour: the War of the ‘Rights’

Violent Debates on Vaccine Pass in France

At the Heart of the French Presidential Election

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