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…Another Hologram?

Mr Macron has won the support of the wealthier and better educated, but has let down the youth and poor It is likely Monsieur Emmanuel Macron will win the second round of France’s presidential elections on 7 May. During the election campaign, when asked about rumours of an affair with a (male) journalist, Mr Macron replied that maybe the one having the affair was his hologram. He was also trying to strike a blow at his opponent, Jean-Luc Melenchon,...

03.05.2017

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen: Two Policy Lines for the Fifth Republic

... The EU membership referendum is a vulnerable point in M. Le Pen’s program. This is because in the event of the referendum failing a major share of the propositions in other sections of her program would no longer make sense. *** The second round of elections in France is the meeting of two extremes. E. Macron will finalize his progressivist, globalist, pro-European program in an attempt to balance the interests of all of his allies. M. Le Pen, on the contrary, will try to preserve the image of the peoples’ ...

02.05.2017

2017 French Presidential Elections: a decisive choice for the improvement of Russian-French relations

... could definitely boost the bilateral relations. As she declared, Marine Le Pen supports an independent foreign policy: "France will ally with all non-aligned peoples against ultra-liberalism and individualism." She intends to base her foreign ... ... rhetoric defended by Putin's Russia. However, Marine Le Pen will confronted to the "favorite" of the French political elections, Emmanuel Macron. What will come out for Russia in case of Macron`s victory? According to Macron`s official position,...

21.04.2017

The Right-Wing Primaries: November 2016

... figure. Since François Hollande, the principal left-wing figure, postponed his decision on running for the second term until January, the republicans are the first to announce the principal topics and candidates for the upcoming presidential elections of 2017. For the first time in France’s history, they decided to use American electoral technologies which allow to avoid scattering the right-wing votes between various parties and movements: they decided to hold their own primaries to determine the single right-wing republican ...

11.11.2016

France Goes “Blue”

Republican consensus holds off ultra-right offensive Republican consensus holds off ultra-right offensive in French departmental elections The results of the second round of departmental council elections held in France on Sunday, 29 March 2015 brought a dramatic change to the country’s political map. It went “blue” owing to an increase in the number of departments won by the right-wing republicans (the French media mark them in blue and the ...

03.04.2015

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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