On the seventh of Might 2017, the night Emmanuel Macron received the presidential election for the primary time, I used to be on the French Embassy in London. When the information of his convincing victory over Marine Le Pen appeared on the screens, the assembled company started to cheer.
Seven years later, the Nationwide Affiliation received the biggest share of the vote within the first spherical of the French parliamentary elections, and Macron’s social gathering suffered a defeat. Jordan Bardella, a protégé of Marine Le Pen, might quickly change into prime minister, and he or she, in flip, is the bookies’ favourite for the presidency in 2027. Hopes that Macron will lastly bury the risk from the far proper have turned out to be odd.
To be honest to the French, France isn’t
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