French Political Figures Begin Shifting Alliances Ahead of 2027 Presidential Election

The people of France are in an extraordinary funk about their future – here’s why | Paul Taylor

The race to succeed Emmanuel Macron is looming, but rarely has the mood been so gloomy or the lure of extremist solutions so alarming France, as the French travel writer Sylvain Tesson once noted, “is a paradise inhabited by people who think they live in hell”. As the campaign for next year’s presidential election hits its stride with ever more wannabes declaring their candidacies, the country is in a particularly sullen mood. If the vote were held now, the anti-immigration populist Marine Le...

By Paul Taylor