Pandora’s box is now open. Years of public anger against neoliberal policies have finally spilled over. Television screens are filled with images of crowds clashing with police in the streets. Above all in Paris. The government, and more broadly, the French political establishment as a whole, is in a state of panic. There are calls for the police to intensify ...
Financialization and militarization of the economy, the crisis of the Atlantic system and the political crisis in France. France has been going through a turbulent period politically, economically, and in terms of parliamentary stability. The fact that the country still hasn’t been able to draft a budget for 2025 is quite telling. With massive debt, austerity measures facing backlash from ...
The European Parliament election results in France indicate that the Yellow Vests emerged victorious. The parties that make up the Yellow Vests movement, described as “extreme” right and left by the center, achieved high shares of vote. The center, however, suffered a significant defeat. President Emmanuel Macron was forced to call for general early elections. In the elections on June ...