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Marine Le Pen vs. the rule of law

Mert Kartal - April 15, 2025

Le Pen’s conviction sparks outrage. But it’s a reminder that the rule of law applies to all, even powerful politicians.

Macron won in France — but Le Pen came closer than before

Sophie Meunier - April 25, 2022

Marine Le Pen shifted toward a more socialist economic policy and focused less on far-right rhetoric.

People wrote off France’s center right. But Valérie Pécresse’s presidential run may be another story.

Andrew Glencross - December 12, 2021

How does Pécresse rank among the other presidential candidates for 2022?

In Europe, former presidents do get sentenced to prison.

Sheri Berman - March 4, 2021

It might shock Americans, but convicting political leaders is neither a democratic disaster nor democracy's salvation.

4 key lessons from France’s 2017 presidential election

William Chandler and Verónica Hoyo - May 9, 2017

On May 7, 2017, in the second round of their

Here’s what happened in the first round of France’s presidential election, and what happens next

Manuel Reinert - April 25, 2017

http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/macron-and-le-pen-faceoff-for-french-presidency/2017/04/24/c44af520-2932-11e7-9081-f5405f56d3e4_video.html On Sunday, French citizens went to the polls in

France’s National Front scandal has exposed the dirty little secret of Europe’s far right

Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman - February 23, 2017

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France’s big parties probably won’t even get into the presidential election’s final round. Here’s why.

Sheri Berman - February 8, 2017

[caption id="attachment_53775" align="aligncenter" width="960"] French conservative Francois Fillon is trying

Why France is so deeply entangled in Syria

Samuel Ramani - November 19, 2015

On Nov. 14, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad declared that French

When he bombs Syria, Putin is sending these four messages to the world

Samuel Ramani - October 21, 2015

On Sept. 30, the Russian Parliament unanimously approved the use

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