Valérie Nataf
21 January 2023
The filterless politician
Not many people travel from the extreme left to the hard right and back again. But Robert Ménard has
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The long shadow of Charles de Gaulle
It’s impossible to understand France and Macron without understanding the General
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Defence, democracy, demonstrations and the disaffected: The lessons Macron must learn from his victory
The spectre of Marine Le Pen has been banished - at least for now - but there is plenty for the re-elected president to focus on
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Macron feels the tremors of an earthquake
French presidential polls show the incumbent with a narrow lead, but he has done himself few favours against his reshaped rival
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The fight for France's future
The presidential campaign takes on an apocalyptic tone as a fearful, angry electorate confronts the evidence of a country in decline
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