Philippe Marlière

Philippe Marlière is a Professor in French and European Politics at University College London (UK). He is a regular contributor to Le Monde, Le Monde diplomatique and The Guardian and tweets @PhMarliere.

28 April: Which Europe?

Europe has featured in most candidates’ speeches and proposals. But which one? Today’s instalment of Marlière Across La Manche

By Philippe Marlière

/ 28 Apr 2012

26 April: Mass rallies are back

Despite previous predictions of voter apathy and dull campaigns, we are witnessing a real presidential race — with powerful oratory and a high turnout at rallies for France in 2012. Today’s instalment of Marlière Across La Manche

By Philippe Marlière

/ 26 Apr 2012

25 April: Marshall Pétain puts in a cameo appearance

The rapprochement of the traditional right with its extreme is progressing fast, with the “de-demonisation” of the Front Nationale, accompanied by a raid on past techniques of the far right, going back at least as far as Marshall Pétain. See Marlière across La Manche

By Philippe Marlière

/ 25 Apr 2012

24 April: What will Marine Le Pen’s voters do?

The president has confessed that if he had not matched Le Pen’s hard-right rhetoric, he would by now find himself in an even more desperate position. But could the strategy of his advisor, Patrick Buisson, be arithmetically flawed? Our diarist continues his coverage in Marlière Across La Manche.

By Philippe Marlière

/ 24 Apr 2012

23 April: Nicolas Sarkozy fights for his political life

Charles de Gaulle once said that the French presidential election was “an encounter between the nation and a man” (sic). Big Charles may have been right in suggesting that this election is about personality politics. There is much more to it though. In Marlière across La Manche I invite you to fol

By Philippe Marlière

/ 23 Apr 2012

The 2012 Parti Socialiste primary: a beauty contest?

More people have had a say in the Socialist candidate’s selection process thanks to the ‘open primary’ experiment. But this is not at all the same thing as the ‘democratisation’ of the decision-making process. In fact the kind of political contestation which can build new debates, and involve and

By Philippe Marlière

/ 28 Mar 2012