While Le Pen and Mélenchon are on opposite sides of the immigration debate, both politicians share the same “authoritarian, populist, statist, anti-American and anti-globalist” principles.

The old political guard is collapsing in France. A matter of neglected issues : Muslim immigration, the drift towards a two-tier society, and a weird electoral system.

Au premier tour, les populistes de gauche et de droite peuvent être majoritaires. Mais tout se joue au second tour.

Why do French Jews feel unsecure and consider emigration ?

Socialist François Hollande leads presidential election. But Marine Le Pen looks to be the real winner, and Nicolas Sarkozy is not done yet.

Is there a tacit understanding between the incumbent conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy and his socialist challenger, François Hollande ?