Unfashionable opinion: the world still needs modern European historians.

POV: you are a journal editor in ScholarOne.

Not sure anyone thinks LFI's idea of "destitution" is a good idea (except LFI), but it shows the possibility for institutional dysfunction in a highly unstable political configuration. Macron and his allies should be wary of ignoring this possibility. lemonde.fr/politique/arti…

In our piece, Michael and I talk about an institutional "stress test" after the most recent electoral cycle - initially outlandish ideas (like destitution) is very much how this stress test begins. Link: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We have no resources, we're overworked, we struggle to keep on top of everything... but what makes contemporary european history great is the amazing people who work for it. And our roster just keeps on getting better ☺️

Not sure personality cult/messiah is the vibe the French left needs in 2024.

Vincent Tiberj, whose work I have always liked, suggests (rightly, I think) that France's political and intellectual sphere is more right-wing than France as a whole. This is a useful lesson to outside commentators, too. I'll be curious to read his new book when it comes out.

I wonder if this will give the left the push it needs to sort out its backstage disagreements and work on a candidate for 2027. Or whether it'll just end in 12 months with a lot of infighting. As for Macron, he's totally lost now. The next step is anyone's guess.

Macron has backed himself into a corner. Appointing Castets and letting an NFP govt collapse would have been a much cleverer strategic move than blocking them from govt. But then Macron's biggest strategic blunder was the early election. Maybe he does need to appoint himself..?

Mardi, il recevra tous les anciens Premiers ministres depuis 1981. Mercredi, les Césars du meilleurs acteurs depuis 1977. Jeudi, les vainqueurs du Tour de France depuis 1958. Vendredi, les vendeurs de gaufre à la retraite ayant exercé dans le Pas-de-Calais. Repos le week-end.

Funniest line from the Élysée yet..? We've now reached Peak French as the ritual of the rentrée scolaire displaces the necessary announcement of a new PM. Pauvre Théo!

Strong May 2007 vibes this morning.

I have a piece in the new Political Theory on Selma James -- her account of wagelessness, her critique of capitalism’s organization of the displacement of work and workers, and her class-struggle identity politics in Wages for Housework and elsewhere doi.org/10.1177/009059…

Send us your best, we can't wait to read them!

French politics seems to have entered a parallel universe. Why on earth is Edouard Philippe announcing his candidacy for the *2027* election today? There might be 3 more elections before then and we have no PM right now! Plus no-one cares about him. Utterly weird.

What will we get first: a French prime minister or a new leader of the Conservative Party..?

Le bilan de BARNIER c'est : - la dévaluation du sesterce sous Auguste - l'augmentation de 17% la dîme dans le Duché de Savoie sur la période 1419-1427 - a voté CONTRE la loi de 1905 de séparation de l'Eglise et de l'Etat

Oh, Michel, I reckon it will take you approximately one week before you get nostalgic for those Brexit negotiations. The French will be so much harder to deal with than David Davis and Boris Johnson...

French politics in 2024 as systemic anticlimax.