Three Political Traditions Explain the French Election
Charles de Gaulle’s two-party system has broken down.
Liberalism
Macron: Liberal In All But Trade
The French president’s liberalism stops at the border.
Two Visions of France
Éric Zemmour reduces the French to victims. Emmanuel Macron gives them agency.
Commission Sides with Rutte over Macron on Industrial Policy
A Franco-German plan to relax antitrust rules is defeated.
Who Wants to Live in Hungary?
Not Viktor Orbán’s Western fans.
The Dictator of France
Emmanuel Macron an “authoritarian”? He is the most liberal president of France in forty years!
Butter on Their Heads
Let the Dutch Christian Democrats and Labor look in the mirror before blaming Mark Rutte.
Rutte’s Liberal Party Shifts to Center in Netherlands
On environmental policy, government spending and wages, the party is moving to the middle.
Criticism of Macron’s Islam Policy Is Over the Top
The French president hasn’t ordered a “crackdown” of Muslims.
Dutch Parties Take Risk Attacking Liberalism
It’s a way to attack a popular prime minister without mentioning him, but it could backfire.
Standing Up to Cancel Culture
Left- and right-wing thinkers agree cancel culture is getting out of hand.
Center-Left and Center-Right Need to Team Up Against Extremists
We have more in common with each other than we do with the woke left or the reactionary right.
Macron the Secret Islamophobe
Some detect bigotry behind the liberal facade.
Spain’s Liberal Party Needs to Make Up Its Mind
The Citizens can either fight Catalan independence or liberalize Spain.
Trying to Turn Republicans into Liberals Is Now Hopeless
Republicans have surrendered to Donald Trump and his philosophy. Classical liberals should work with the Democrats.