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We analyse the French presidential election results, the country's geographical and class divides, and what a second term for Macron means for the EU.


 
Three Articles:


Emmanuel Macron Is Forming a New Right-Wing Bloc, Interview with Bruno Amable, Jacobin


Why Macron is invincible, Christopher Caldwell, Unherd


Le Pen was doomed from the start, Nathan Pinkoski, Compact



Other readings:


Waking Up from Anesthesia: Decline and Violence in France, Alexis Moriatis, Brooklyn Rail


Macron, Le Pen and France’s long battle between order and dissent, Sudhir Hazareesingh, FT


Jean-Luc Mélenchon's new supporters: the young, urban working class, Julie Carriat, Le Monde