This is the second in a series of articles by students at King’s College London on major political issues in Europe and the United States. By Gaétan Perdoux France will soon choose a new president in one of several elections in Europe that could change the face...
By Robert Holloway The stakes in France’s election this spring could not be higher. When French voters elect their next president on May 7, the fate of the European Union, of the euro currency and of a decades-long push for continental integration will be in the...
The terror attacks on Paris have prompted the media and nationalist movements to promote fear. To succumb to fear is to play into the hands of the terrorists. “Paix pour Paris,” by Ivy Turinsky, November 20, 2015 This story won first prize in the high school category...
France’s far-right National Front party keeps gaining ground. Its leader wants to be president. There’s a chance I’ll face a distasteful choice in 2017. In 2002, I was too young to vote or understand what was happening in French politics when...
By Alistair Lyon Marine Le Pen has transformed the French political landscape, challenging the dominance of the left-leaning and center-right parties that have alternated in government for decades. Her National Front triumphed in the first round of regional elections...