The left finished first in the French elections. So why has Macron anointed the (far) right?
On the 21st of September, two and a half months after the legislative elections in which the left-wing alliance, the Nouveau Front...
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Andres De Miguel
Sep 304 min read
Why and Where the Youth Vote Far-Right
The stereotypical cultural ideal of a right-wing voter resembles that of an individual susceptible to fear of change, and who internalise...
Isaiah Akinlabi
Sep 183 min read
Telegram - Is this the beginning of true tech accountability?
First Meta, then X, and followed closely by Pavel Durov’s Telegram - recently there has been a string of clashes between domestic...
Joshua Edwicker
Sep 135 min read
Barnier’s Renaissance: A final Macronian attempt at stymying Le Pen?
Across France over 100,000 people have taken to the streets in protest of what they perceive as a stolen election, the will of the people...
Adelie Aubin
Jun 124 min read
Euroquake 2024: Far-right rocks the Continent and France Goes into Meltdown
When the European Community first became a concept in the aftermath of the Second World War, it was to unite the continent after the...
Devin O'Sullivan
Jun 116 min read
Climbing the escalation ladder: Ukraine uses Western weapons to strike inside Russia
The leaders of France and Germany announced last Tuesday that Ukraine should be allowed to hit military targets inside Russia. German...
Grace Wilkinson
Mar 264 min read
Impending Failure: The United Nations Security Council
The United Nations (UN) is one of the many legacies of the Second World War; amongst many international lawyers it is considered one of...
Nikita Triandafillidis
Mar 257 min read
Burkina Faso Today: Tug of War for International Influence
For almost two years, Ibrahim Traore has made efforts to stabilise a nation that is in much need of a fresh political approach. Traore’s...
Konrad Szuminski
Mar 203 min read
The Re-Emergence of the Weimar Triangle
Following Donald Tusk’s return to the Polish Premiership in December 2023, the former President of the European Council has turned away...
Adelie Aubin
Mar 73 min read
French Abortion Rights Enshrined in the Constitution: How We Got Here
On March 4th 2024, France became the first country in the world to enshrine in their Constitution the right to voluntary interruption of...
Konrad Szuminski
Jan 134 min read
The POV: France's New PM Gabriel Attal
Following months of protests on the streets of Paris in response to pension reforms and instances of violence, such as the shooting of...
Adelie Aubin
Dec 28, 20234 min read
Jacques Delors: Remembering the Man who Forged the EU
On the 27th of December 2023 Jacques Delors, passed away. The passing of the former Minister of Finances of France under the socialist...
Ewan Edwards
Sep 21, 20233 min read
Unravelling the Threads: France's Quasi-Empire in Crisis
Ewan Edwards France's influence in its West African colonies is slipping, potentially destroying its economy and diminishing its global...
Cyrus Larcombe-Moore
Aug 30, 20235 min read
West Africa on the brink: is the coup in Niger a regional breaking point?
On the 26th of July 2023, officers from The Republic of Niger's presidential guard, led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani, detained the...
James Loughton
Aug 17, 20235 min read
French Guiana: Europe’s Spaceport and its uncertain future
James Loughton If one were to venture through the dense northern rainforests of the Amazon to the Guiana coast or sail to the tropical...
Cyrus Larcombe-Moore
Jun 28, 20234 min read
French Climate Protesters Arrested - Can Macron Survive the Heat?
This year, on the 20th of June, French police arrested 18 members of the climate activist group Les Soulèvements de la Terre (SLT). In...
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