France

Michel Barnier and Lucie Castets

John Mullen looks behind the no-confidence motion in the French assembly and what this means for the struggle against the far right and for fundamental change.

Tempest interviewed Marxist activist John Mullen about anti-capitalist organising and the need for unity to overcome divisions within the left in France.

After France’s recent parliamentary elections, President Emmanuel Macron refused to allow the Nouveau Front Populaire left alliance to form government. Tempest interviewed Marxist activist John Mullen about the challenges facing the left in France following the formation of the new right-wing government.

France’s Thales defence group offices were raided in France, the Netherlands and Spain, with prosecutors pursuing charges related to corruption, attempts to influence foreign officials and money laundering. Binoy Kampmark reports. 

Marine Le Pen and Jean Luc Melenchon

Journalist and author Pablo Stefanoni spoke to Green Left’s Federico Fuentes from Paris about the rise of France's far-right National Rally and how the left stopped it winning the parliamentary elections held over June 30 and July 7.

three people talking

French President Emmanuel Macron does not plan to appoint a new Prime Minister until at least mid-August and is holding out hope he can cobble together a coalition and block the left from government, writes John Mullen.

protest at place de la republique in Paris July 18

Paris-based anticapitalist activist and Green Left contributor John Mullen spoke to German publication Marx21 on July 12 about the July 7 French election result and the immediate challenges for the left.

crowd in the Place de la Republic on July 7

Millions of people are feeling tremendous relief at the French election results, writes John Mullen. But vigilance and mobilisation are required to prevent a victory being turned into a defeat for working people.

two men with French flag in background

The victory of the far right in the first round of elections in France is a severe setback. However the left has also made real advances. John Mullen outlines an anti-capitalist perspective on the deep political crisis in France.

candidate addressing a crowd

While elections are not at the centre of class struggle, the formation of left-wing electoral alliance the New Popular Front has inspired a wider and deeper anti-fascist mobilisation in France, argues John Mullen.

anti-fascist rally in Paris

Green Left’s Susan Price spoke with John Mullen, an anticapitalist activist living in Paris and a supporter of the left-wing France Insoumise, following the far-right's gains in the recent European elections and French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap election.

Election poster for France Insoumise candidate and Palestine solidarity march

The June 9 European elections are shedding a sharp light on the political crisis in France, writes John Mullen.