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France’s new right
The result in France in the first round of the Les Républicains party’s primary elections marks the political death of…
Beyoncé? I prefer the anti-racists of Millwall
My most thrilling moment of 2016 so far — aside from watching a smug-looking woman carrying a copy of the Guardian…
Hug, hold hands . . . then stampede to the right
What a pleasure it was to see two socialist parties triumph in the most recent elections. First, Labour increased its…
The politics of terror
Hollande isn’t seizing his chance. Marine Le Pen might
France’s new reactionaries
The nation’s intellectuals are being roiled by issues of immigration, sovereignty and freedom of expression
France’s fight on the right
The leaders of the Républicains avoid Le Pen’s coarse language, but many offer similar immigration policies
Vive Hollande?
How France’s wobbly pudding of a president could still win again
Gay right
Marine Le Pen’s unlikely rainbow coalition
President or prisoner?
Destiny is calling Nicolas Sarkozy. But it’s not clear whether he’s heading back to the Elysée – or to jail
French suicide
The desperate state of its politics seems to signal the end of the Republic
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, responded to the triumph of the UK Independence Party in the European elections (which…
