Tag Archives | France elections 2020

  • Macron wounded, but still eyeing austerity

    Macron wounded, but still eyeing austerity

    The second round of the French local elections, at the end of June, was bad news for president Emmanuel Macron, whose candidates did very poorly. In response, Macron switched prime ministers, replacing high-profile operator Edouard Philippe with an unknown right winger, Jean Castex, whose previous experience consisted mostly of being mayor of a town with 6,000 inhabitants.