Questions tagged [france]
Questions about politics and policy of the French Republic.
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Question about democracy and regime - Przeworski et al
In Przeworski et al.'s Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990 (page 18-19), the authors stated:
... by "regime" we mean the system of ...
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French Election 2024 - seat share based on first round only
How would the 577 seats of the French National Assembly have been allocated if the first round of voting was the only round and the candidate with most votes in the first round only would have been ...
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How many 3rd-placed candidates does Macron's party have vs the LFI?
A proposed deal/strategy to block an RN win in the 2nd round:
The high turnout on Sunday means some 300 constituencies are now facing potential three-way run-offs which, in theory, favour the RN.
To ...
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Do we know a lower bound or the exact number of 3-way races in France's 2nd round of elections in 2024?
As RFI claims & explains:
After Sunday's first round of voting, as many as 306 of the 577 seats in France's National Assembly could be decided in three-way races.
In the last parliamentary ...
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What might be Macron's reason to call for a new election right after he lost one? [duplicate]
The 2024 European Parliament elections were clearly a loss for Macron's party. In a surprise action, he dissolved Parliament and initiated a new election.
As the president of France, he can do it as a ...
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Why do French parties keep changing their names?
Macron's party was
first founded in 2016 as En Marche!
renamed in 2017 as La République En Marche!
renamed in 2022 as Renaissance.
Union pour un mouvement populaire was renamed in 2015 as Les ...
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What is the point of triggering of a national snap election immediately after losing the EU elections?
French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called a fresh election.
The only justification sounds a little bit vague:
“France needs a clear majority in serenity and harmony. To be ...
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What pro-French paramilitary forces exist on New Caledonia?
The news is reporting that paramilitaries are assisting police in the unrest in New Caledonia:
600 heavily armed police and paramilitaries on Sunday took part in an operation to retake the 60-...
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How it is possible to be both "libertaire" and "center-left"?
The term "libertaire" is a quite ambiguous French political term.
The definition is "Which, in theory as in practice, goes as far as possible in the direction of absolute individual ...
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Why did a majority vote against the 2010 French Guianan status referendum?
French Guianan voters were asked whether they wanted more power to be
given to the local government based in Cayenne.[3] French Guiana was
an overseas region and an overseas department of France, ...
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Why French Action on Ukraine seems so Disconnected from Macron Speech?
In the last few months, French President Macron has repeatedly said that Europe should avoid that Russia win the war with Ukraine see for instance. Also envisaging the send of NATO troops to Ukraine.
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What's the basis for the rumors that Macron takes cocaine? [closed]
There's a French "observer" to the Russian election who says
I think Macron and Zelensky take too much cocaine, and they should stop.
So, since the Zelensky angle has been covered before ...
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Why does the purchasing power of the pensions for the cadres erode much faster than for the non-cadres in France?
I read on https://www.lamontagne.fr/paris-75000/economie/les-retraites-ont-ils-beaucoup-perdu-en-pouvoir-d-achat-ces-dernieres-annees_14060647/:
le pouvoir d’achat d’un retraité non-cadre du secteur ...
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What are the main influences of the French "republican socialists" (Pierre Leroux, Louis Blanc, Jean-Jaurès)?
What are the main influences of the French "republican socialists" (e.g. Pierre Leroux, Louis Blanc, Jean-Jaurès)?
In particular, can we trace back their ideology to Saint-Simon and Comte, ...
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Why does resentment toward former colonizers such as France still linger in Africa?
Others point to what they see as hypocrisy in Western condemnations of
Russia; Western countries also deploy PMCs across the continent, which
has led the AU to call for the “complete exclusion of ...
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