What is new in New Caledonia? There was a referendum on Sunday 4 November in New Caledonia, a Pacific island territory that is under French sovereignty. The question was whether it should become an independent […]
Two rounds of Legislative elections in French Polynesia are scheduled to be held on 22 April and 6 May 2018. On 22 April 2018, voters will select the 57 members of the Assembly of French Polynesia. A second round will be held […]
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 […]
Two rounds of Legislative elections in French Polynesia are scheduled to be held on 22 April and 6 May 2018. On 22 April 2018, voters will select the 57 members of the Assembly of French Polynesia. A second round will be held […]
‘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 […]
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, […]
