By Emma Bapt For the first time on Sunday morning, I voted in France’s presidential elections. I was filled with pride, a heavy sense of responsibility and, ultimately, anxiety. My mother and I walked to our local polling station in Saint Germain-en-Laye, a suburb to...
By Robert Holloway The first round of France’s two-tier presidential election has left voters to choose between two political outsiders whose views could not be more starkly opposed: Emmanuel Macron, a pro-European centrist, and the leader of the far-right National...
Populist opponents of the European Union are fired up, EU supporters more complacent. Impassioned euro-skeptics will cause the EU to collapse. “The collapse of the EU,” by Yesenia Mozo This is the second of three articles on the European Union by students in the...
France will elect a new president this spring. Here’s a run-down on the four leading candidates and their key policy positions. (Photo courtesy of EPA) This is part of a series of stories by students at King’s College London on France’s presidential...
This is part of a series of articles by students at King’s College London on France’s presidential election and on major political issues in Europe and the United States. By Justine Guérin Politics are changing around the globe, and France is no exception...