France’s domestic political constellation. Donald Trump’s efforts to strike a deal with Russia and his parallel policies of distancing himself from the current governments in Europe have accelerated the search for a new direction on the continent. Developments in French politics constitute an important example to understand this European-wide search. France’s polarization reflecting Europe’s uncertainty The current President of France, ...
Cheminade emphasizes that solving France’s problems is tied to cooperation with the “Global South” and the “global majority”. In the second part of the interview, Jacques Cheminade, the leader of the Solidarity and Progress (Solidarité et Progrès) answered our questions about militarization in France, the latest situation in Syria and Jean-Marie Le Pen. Cheminade emphasizes that solving France’s problems is ...
Financialization and militarization of the economy, the crisis of the Atlantic system and the political crisis in France. France has been going through a turbulent period politically, economically, and in terms of parliamentary stability. The fact that the country still hasn’t been able to draft a budget for 2025 is quite telling. With massive debt, austerity measures facing backlash from ...
Macron wants Europe to walk a very fine line between relying on NATO and heading to its own course. But the new geopolitical situation has placed Europe at a crossroads. After Donald Trump’s election, European leaders gathered in Budapest on November 7 for the 5th Summit of the European Political Community, established two years ago by Emmanuel Macron. Throughout the ...
An examination of some of the most important of these numerous confessional statements, news reports and analyses. By Gökalp Erbaş The economic hardship of Western countries, especially the USA, is no longer expressed only by Asian experts. This situation has also started to be frequently mentioned by people and institutions that have important positions in the media, finance and ideological ...
By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt For the first time in decades, no political coalition was able to obtain an absolute majority in the French National Assembly, which requires winning 289 seats. In a big surprise, the New Popular Front, topped the political scene by winning 182 seats, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s alliance, which won only 168 seats, while ...
A debate of the election results from the African perspective. By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt For the first time in decades, no political coalition was able to obtain an absolute majority in the French National Assembly, which requires winning 289 seats. In a big surprise, the New Popular Front, topped the political scene by winning 182 seats, ahead of ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen After the expected defeat in the European Parliament elections, President Emmanuel Macron decided to dissolve the National Assembly and call for early elections. The first round of general elections will take place on June 30 and a week later comes the second. Currently, three election fronts have emerged: the Nationalists, the Social Democrats, and Macron’s weakened ...
The European Parliament election results in France indicate that the Yellow Vests emerged victorious. The parties that make up the Yellow Vests movement, described as “extreme” right and left by the center, achieved high shares of vote. The center, however, suffered a significant defeat. President Emmanuel Macron was forced to call for general early elections. In the elections on June ...
By Kıvanç Özdal The Rassemblement National received 31.4% of the votes in France in the last European Parliament election, while Macron’s Renaissance party gained only 15.2 percent. After the results, Macron announced the decision of dissolving of the National Assembly. New elections will be held on June 30. So French politics is now open to new, and maybe surprising, developments. ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen This article presents the sociological and class structure of the voters of the National Rally party (Rassemblement National – RN). The Ipsos polling institute conducted a survey with France Télévision, Radio France, France 24/RFI and Public Sénat on June 6-7, with a sample of 8,923 people registered in the electoral rolls representing the French population aged ...
French colonialism had profound and multifaceted impacts on African people across a vast geographical expanse, from Senegal to Madagascar, and from Algeria to Congo. French colonialism often prioritized economic gain for France at the expense of African populations. This exploitation took various forms, including forced labor, land expropriation, and unequal trade practices that favored French interests. African resources, such as ...