With a US decision on the continuation of the Iran Nuclear Deal 12th May 2018 imminent, Macron and Merkel fly out to the US this week to convince Trump to remain. Many people think that […]
‘The French electorate has been more extreme than any other. It managed to eradicate virtually the entire political establishment in a short sequence of elections’. Wolfgang Munchau, The Financial Times, Monday 19th June 2017 Vox […]
‘Under the Macron doctrine, old parties must not just be beaten, they must be destroyed’ Politico, 17.5.17 The Restructuring Plan Macron campaigned on ‘a promise to erase the right-left political divide and needs to weaken […]
So the polls were right. For a while there after the terrorist shooting in Paris, I was pretty convinced that we may end up looking at a contest between Fillon and Macron, both of whom […]
Today is Friday. The first round of presidential elections in France takes place on Sunday. Most of the campaigns have now ceased although the far left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon is still at it. He’s doing […]
The above is a photograph of one of the candidates in the recent French presidential TV debates on Tuesday this week: Philippe Poutou. I liked his Gallic shrug. You’ll read more about him below. Image cited in sources below, […]
Opinion Way/Elabe Poll for Les Echoes Opinion Way poll shows support for all candidates is stable: Le Pen is at 25% Macron is at 25% Fillon is at 20% Melenchon is at 15% Hamon is […]
I haven’t done one of these in a while. Here you go: Latest Opinion Way poll shows support for Le Pen, Macron and Fillon stable at 26%, 24%, and and 20% respectively. Hamon is down […]
Elba has produced a poll for Les Echos and Radio Classique. I am listening to Radio Classique right now on the internet and it’s actually quite nice: a bit of Bach on the side. From a quick glance, […]
