Elodie Fabre

With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.

Who’s France’s next PM? Me? You? It could be anyone! Put your hand up and you’ve half a chance (terms and conditions apply, in particular if you’re from the left)

🇫🇷🗳️ La stabilité des blocs par rapport aux législatives 2024 est impressionnante :

🔴🟢🟣 Gauche 32%, +2
🟡🔵 "Socle commun" 27% +, -5
⚫🟤 Extrême-droite 36,5%, +2

Tout dépendra de la participation et de l'ampleur du front républicain - et bien malin qui peut les anticiper...

Absolutely delicious Ukrainian meal at Onuky in Riga tonight, including dumplings, chanterelles, stuffed peppers, chocolate cake, and a lovely Ukrainian Merlot. Slava Ukraini!
#slavaukraini #ukrainianfood

La pétition citoyenne "Non à la Loi Duplomb — Pour la santé, la sécurité, l’intelligence collective" approche le million de signatures en qq jours.
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...

J’en profite pour faire une petite histoire de cette pratique, de ce droit

Microsoft can't protect French data from US government access Company admits under oath that American authorities can demand European citizen information despite security promises.

“When asked directly whether he could guarantee under oath that French citizen data would never be transmitted to US authorities without explicit French authorization, [Microsoft France's director of public and legal affairs Anton] Carniaux responded: ‘No, I cannot guarantee it.’”

"It has been stated by at least one important member of this House that if the vote were given to the young women they would invariably vote only for the best looking candidate. On looking round this House, Mr. Speaker, I cannot see that there is any need for hon. members to be worried, but I take it that we shall see in the division Lobby those members who are not quite sure of themselves in this respect."

Ellen Wilkinson was such a good parliamentary performer.

Here she is in 1925, arguing for votes for women at 21 (rather than 30, as previously).

How Terror Attacks Shape Political Agendas on Multiculturalism in France | Article | Politics and Governance Elena Cossu, Caterina Froio

New article w Elena Cossu : How terror attacks shape political agendas on #multiculturalism in France.
👉 We show how terror events push mainstream parties toward far-right rhetoric on #diversity & #Islam. @cogitatiopag.bsky.social @authlibeu.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

What Abou-Chadi et al. show here is not just that conservative migration positions won't help social-democrats to attract voters, but also that left positions on retirement (that is allowing for early retirement) make social-democrats most attractive (and right positions make them less attracitve).

For SD Parties this means that as long as their program is economically to the left, it does not matter much to working class voters what it includes culturally e.g. on immigration. In contrast, educated middle class voters will punish a program for being less culturally progressive.

Looks like we should all take the story in one of this summer’s indie successes with a pinch of salt

The Challenge of Tackling the Far-Right in France - Logos Journal A year ago, French President Macron surprised everyone by triggering a snap parliamentary election on the evening on the European Parliamentary elections, which that saw far-right party the National R...

Wrote a short piece about how challenging tackling the far right has been for French mainstream parties for Logos, with reference to @aurelmondon.bsky.social's work on mainstreaming
tldr version: they don't know what they're doing
logosjournal.com/article/the-...

It would take a heart of stone…
www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...

Why, oh why, and I so old and already have a PhD? Astérix studies, the dream (though not if it involves watching some of the live-action films)

For a data collection we want to launch soon, we're looking for a German speaker who could translate our survey instrument to German. This should only take a few hours of work. Of course we are remunerating! Interested? Please reach out to @alexjabbour.bsky.social !

I will never be able to hear the words HS2 and not think of this incredible illustration from French TV news trying to understand why high-speed train projects are a failure in the UK
(LGV: high-speed train line)

Happy 1-year anniversary of Macron’s dissolution to those who celebrate!

Stop the search’s, here’s my new class video for ranked-choice voting

'Afin d’avoir une majorité, il faut un scrutin majoritaire rejetant la proportionnelle, chère aux rivalités et aux exclusives de partis mais incompatible avec le soutien continu d’une politique, et adoptant tout bonnement le scrutin uninominal à deux tours' (Mémoires d’espoir, 1970)

Les Républicains promettent de se battre de « toutes leurs forces » contre l’instauration de la proportionnelle aux élections législatives Cette décision a été prise « à l’unanimité » lors d’un bureau politique, mercredi, alors que Laurent Wauquiez et Mathieu Darnaud doivent rencontrer François Bayrou à ce sujet la semaine prochaine.

Les Républicains follow 1945 De Gaulle over 5th Republic De Gaulle by supporting PR in French parliamentary elections
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

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📊🚨 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗦?

@chanret.bsky.social & I have a panel at @psaepop.bsky.social on 𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨 and have space for 2 papers. Topics might include fragmentation, disproportionality, measurement, etc. DM for more info and we especially welcome interest from ECRs!

Still of a talk on France24's World View program.

🇺🇦 Unsurprisingly as seen from Ukraine, there was no silence on the frontline - and hence no Easter truce on Russia's part...I talked about it with Gavin Lee and Doug Herbert as we analyse this weekend's key events in Ukraine.

🔗 Video here 👇

www.instagram.com/reel/DIsnA-J...

The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

M. Matthias Renault (RN) Ce n’est pas la première fois que l’on propose la suppression de la Commission nationale du débat public. Son coût de fonctionnement n’est pas négligeable : 4 millions d’euros par an. (« Ah ! » et « C’est un thème d’actualité ! » sur les bancs des groupes LFI-NFP, ECOS et GDR.) M. Nicolas Sansu (GDR) C’est le montant que vous avez détourné ! M. Alexis Corbière (ECOS) Ce chiffre vous porte malheur !

Le chiffre maudit #DirectAN

The Macron years mark the rise of the business school political class.
Not sure the state of the public deficit is an advertisement for business schools, though

& of the independence of the justice system. The Justice Minister said he wanted the appeal before 2027, and lo and behold, Le Pen gets an early appeal. She won’t, but she should thank Darmanin for this