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A government on the ropes

Léon Crémieux — 2026-11-07T07:50:08Z

“This tragedy has therefore occurred in a context where these speeches of the current leaders of the RN can spread in the media, without provoking the reactions that the declarations of Jean Marie Le Pen still provoked in the 1990s. The reason for this is simple. The political class, in its vast majority, now wishes to integrate the far right, the RN, as a respectable political force with which government agreements can be built and which can even, as in Italy, assume the leadership of a government. ”

- IVP622 - November 2026 / France, Youth and student movements

The groundswell that threatens Macron and his world

Léon Crémieux — 2026-10-30T11:43:26Z

Given the massive turnout (including a multitude of young people) at the few demonstrations that were able to take place on the weekend of October 24-25 in France (some authorized, others not, such as in Bordeaux and Marseille), as well as the one organized against the National Rally congress in Orléans (20,000 demonstrators), it is clear that the social protest movement that began in September reached a turning point on October 17. With the next major event scheduled for November 5, with the call for strikes and demonstrations against all the anti-social measures of the Lecornu government, tensions continue to rise in France.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / France, Youth and student movements, Trade unions/workplace organizing

As 2027 approaches, where does class struggle trades unionism stand?

Léon Crémieux — 2026-10-27T13:46:23Z

The French trade union movement, and more particularly the trade unionism of social transformation, with which the CGT, the FSU and Solidaires explicitly identify, is today confronted with several important strategic questions.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / France, Trade unions/workplace organizing

France: Local elections create springboard for left division

Léon Crémieux — 2026-04-02T09:17:02Z

Local elections were held in France on 15 March (first round) and 22 (second round). The confusion that has emerged, one year before the presidential election, is a sign of a fragmentation of the central bloc and the right, which is likely to produce a shift towards the far right and, in the face of this, a splintering of the forces of the Nouveau Front populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) which compromises the construction of a unitary alternative.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / France

France: Right-wing offensive follows killing

Léon Crémieux — 2026-02-28T19:20:16Z

Since 12 February 2026, after a clash in Lyon between a group of antifa and a group of fascists that resulted in the death of one of the latter, France has taken a sordid turn in a campaign of demonization and criminalization of La France Insoumise (LFI), the left wing party led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, which is directly accused of being politically responsible for the death of this person.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / France, Far Right

Between Macron's Crisis and Le Pen's Threat: France's Left Seeks a Way Forward

Léon Crémieux — 2025-10-01T09:14:54Z

France finds itself in the grip of overlapping crises as Emmanuel Macron's government collapses and mass protests sweep the country. Following the ousting of Prime Minister François Bayrou in September, France operates without stable government whilst facing its most severe social unrest since the yellow vest movement.

- IVP609 - October 2025 / France

Macron scorns popular vote...and puts himself in the hands of the RN

Léon Crémieux — 2024-09-19T06:20:21Z

‘The people have, through their own fault, lost the confidence of the government...Wouldn't it then be simpler for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?' Bertolt Brecht, ‘The Solution', 1953

- IV596-September 2024 / France

A surprise victory and a reprieve from the RN

Léon Crémieux — 2024-07-10T12:00:39Z

“The social movements will also have to continue to play a direct political role and help build a common front of political and social forces capable of thwarting the RN's advance”

- IV594 - July 2024 / France

Combating the major risk

Léon Crémieux — 2024-07-02T09:40:00Z

The far right is on the brink of an absolute majority following the first round of early parliamentary elections in France.

- IV594 - July 2024

EU Parliamentary elections show reactionary thrust and nuclei of resistance

Léon Crémieux — 2024-06-29T17:28:11Z

The European parliamentary elections of 6-9 June 2024 gave a picture of the political forces present in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU), which above all reflects an increase for the conservative right, the European People's Party (EPP) group, which gained 13 MEPs with 189 seats, and the two far-right groups, Identity and Democracy (ID) and the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), which in total gained 21 seats with 141 MEPs. Despite numerous disagreements between (…)

- IV593 - June 2024 / European Union