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.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Covid-19 and the surge of the antiracist movement in France
Under the impulse of the Justice and Truth for Adama committee, the fight against racism may be at a turning point in France.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?France’s Yellow Vests: the momentum is gone
How can one achieve such ambitious objectives without looking for allies and working out concrete political outcomes ?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The yellow vests, or the discrediting of representative democracy
Even though the most scathing criticism is directed at the president of the republic, it is the entire political...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s populist gamble
The irony is despite dismissing notions of left and class, the sociology of Mélenchon’s electorate is clearly...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?French tragedy or farce - 2: A ‘republican front’ against Marine Le Pen?
The truth is that the former economy minister has no solid constituency backing him, and no real popularity.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?French tragedy or farce: the 2017 presidential election – 1
Why Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s late surge? Are we about to see de Gaulle's fifth republic replaced by a sixth? And in...