Is another French revolution imminent?
IN A few weeks, France will elect its next president. Given the French executive’s considerable powers, including the authority to dissolve the National Assembly, the presidential election, held every five years, is France’s most important. But the stakes are higher than ever.
The two frontrunners are the far-right, National Front’s Marine Le Pen, and Emmanuel Macron, who served as economy minister under Socialist president François Hollande but who is running as an independent.
