Marine Le Pen will not be able to run in the next Presidential election - she is found guilty, unable to run for elections, with immediate execution of the sentence.

I wrote some thoughts on Le Pen’s ineligibility and the problem of democracy here: open.substack.com/pub/charlesdev…

My Positive Atheism book was reviewed recently by Ruggero Sciuto in French Studies. I wrote a short reply to the review, along with other thoughts, here: open.substack.com/pub/charlesdev…

Great episode on the Le Pen trial. The collaboration with Royal Palace Podcast was a success, hope it will be repeated! Glad to hear your conclusions match what I’ve written about the verdict here: open.substack.com/pub/charlesdev…

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I expect to see you wear it at the next demo!

Important read on the successes and failures of LFI. Leninist in its organizational structures, social democratic in its aims. LFI had embraced the ‘en même temps’ philosophy of Macron, and the charismatic leader model of Trump. Can it follow in their electoral success?

I have a short piece on hope as part of a series on emotions and freedom in the Green European Journal you can read here: greeneuropeanjournal.eu/snapshots-grie…

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Today programme BBC Radio 4 yet again misreport situation in US. Elon Musk isn't outraged over Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' because he's (according to them) a 'libertarian'. He's furious about Trump's repeal of subsidies for renewable energy & electric vehicles & EV mandate repeal

The Institute of Intellectual History has launched a fantastic new podcast! It's called Roots and Branches rootsandbranches and the first episode with Richard Whatmore is already out! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1-r…

Is Macron’s reindustralisation drive finally bearing fruits? Good news for an industrial policy that accepts the central role of government planning ⁦Financial Times⁩ on.ft.com/3ZY0cVr

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Got my ticket for this - looking forward to the launch (and reading the book)

Ardisson died today. I grew up watching Tout le monde en parle, the late night show par excellence. His interview with Gorbachev, which I watched live in 2001, pushed me to study Russian politics in 2002. It's worth a watch - with Bayrou on set. youtube.com/watch?v=mb_LoP…

Great read on the new Left in the local paper by former student and local democracy reporter Dan Esson 🗿 . The British left seems to be following in the footsteps of the French left - many lessons to be learned there.

Helpful explanation from the University of Kent’s Charles Devellennes of how the French political system makes it immensely hard for opposition parties to operate, leading to corner-cutting and lawfare concerns. compactmag.com/article/how-fr…

Read my latest on the raid in the RN office last week, and why it's a danger to French democracy. It's my first article in Compact Magazine.

Macron likes to lecture about democracy abroad while using finance laws and police raids to throttle opposition parties at home. Meanwhile, he relies on the far-right to keep his govt afloat. Charles Devellennes exposes the hypocrisy: COMPACT compactmag.com/article/how-fr…

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