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THE newly elected French parliament began its first session yesterday, with communists warning that the new majority aims to destroy the country’s “social model.”
President Emmanuel Macron’s Republic on the Move party won 308 of 577 seats in the lower house earlier this month — just 14 months after is foundation — with its Democratic Movement (Modem) ally taking another 42.
MPs will get to work on legislating for increased police powers and attacks on workers’ protection from dismissal.
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
While millions face poverty and public services are squeezed, France is committing billions to defence spending and weapons production, in a dangerous shift towards permanent preparation for war, says CONOR BOLLINS
The desperate French president keeps running up the same political cul-de-sac. DENNIS BROE offers an explanation