Presidents, prime ministers, Parliament — France’s mainstream left and right-wing parties used to have it all. In the first round of April’s presidential elections, they got less than 7 percent of the vote.
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In French Election, Cartoonists Play a High-Profile Role
Cartoonists play a high-profile role in France’s political discourse, and they have been busy drawing the presidential candidates as the race approaches its end.
France’s Presidential Election 2022: Your Runoff Questions, Answered
President Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader, in the runoff on Sunday. The outcome will be crucial for France and reverberate globally.
Emmanuel Macron Goes Low-Key, Finally Declaring Bid for Re-election
With a war raging in Europe, the incumbent French president leads in polls and is betting that the French won’t want to change horses in the midst of the Ukraine conflict.
A Movement to Unify the French Left Might Be Its Last Chance for the Elections
A citizens’ initiative is pressuring the fragmented force to set parties’ interests aside and join together for next year’s presidential race.
Europe’s Social Democrats Show Signs of Life, but France Poses a Roadblock
Center-left parties have won a string of victories, capped by Olaf Scholz’s win in Germany. Yet, France’s struggling Socialists threaten hopes for a broader social democratic revival.
The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo
The charismatic and divisive socialist mayor of Paris is eyeing an office that has been occupied by eight male presidents over six decades.
City of Paris Fined Nearly $110,000 for Appointing Too Many Women
The French government ordered the city to pay up under a 2012 law intended to address gender imbalance at senior levels of the country’s Civil Service. The mayor deemed the decision “absurd.”
A Second Paris Deputy Mayor Resigns Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations
For the second time in weeks, prosecutors opened an investigation into claims against a former deputy mayor, one in a series of sexual harassment and assault scandals that have rocked France recently.
How Should Feminism Target Sexual Abuse? A Battle in Patriarchal France
A high-profile sexual abuse case has pitted competing strains of feminism against each other in a country where the #MeToo movement was slow to take hold.