Dreams of a Renewed Republic
Chloe Ladd, Therese Mager | 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron's startling decision to call snap legislative elections in the summer of 2024 yielded a three-way split in the National Assembly, an unprecedented situation for a nation that has long depended on strong majorities and winner-take-all dynamics. Facing new levels of uncertainty, French voters and leaders alike are wondering: has their political system reached its limits? This article in the Bertelsmann Foundation's Transponder Magazine explores the reasons behind France's vertical and compromise-resistant governing institutions, and asks whether it might be possible to refresh, rather than replace, the Fifth Republic.
Publications
- Date
- 31.03.2025
- Language
- English
- Publication Type
- Media contribution
- Audience
- Stakeholders (politics and economy) (opens in new window), Interested citizens (opens in new window), Multipliers in (political) education (opens in new window)
- Sources
- Ladd, Chloe und Therese Mager. 2025. Dreams of a Renewed Republic. In: Transponder Magazine No. 7, März 2025.
- Open Access
- Available
- Additional Links
- To the publication (external link)
Contributing RISC authors
Work Packages
D_02
Multiple sections
Transnational Ideological Transfer of the Populist and Extreme Right
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