Macron Won But the Election Isn’t Over
France’s two-round presidential election is always followed by a third, which this time is certain to hold a surprise.
France’s two-round presidential election is always followed by a third, which this time is certain to hold a surprise.
France demonstrates that, with pressure on democracies to evolve a political order responsive to the people, today’s institutions are designed to orchestrate chaos.
With an election in just over a month, Macron senses that the tragedy in Ukraine may save his fragile presidency.
Has Emmanuel Macron found a way of selling weapons to encourage peace?
Emmanuel Macron has set off a diplomatic war with Algeria that may be difficult to calm.
As French and American politicians push harder to exclude the already excluded, the US military in Africa will focus on battling the threat of peaceful overtures.
France is not alone as it witnesses the power of democratic futility and indifference.
Emmanuel Macron has bucked a French political law of silence but shows no inclination to do anything about the truth exposed.
Coining a meaningless term and passing it off as a cause to defend has become a feature of political hyperreality.
Iran ponders the changing status of change in American diplomacy.
In France, the “clash of ignorance” can no longer be used as an excuse to hide the clash of truths between radical secularism and Muslims refusing to kill God for Marianne.
France is struggling with the status of religion, but so are some of the Fair Observer’s most prestigious contributors.
Minorities are fleeing Muslim countries and radical Islamists are taking to the sword, raising a critical question about Islam’s ability to secularize.
As a centrist, able to veer right or left, the French president feels free to steal the thunder even of his arch-enemy, Marine Le Pen.
