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📢 Still time to book: ‘The Far Right Has Risen’ at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Aug 22nd. Featuring @vjmalletft.bsky.social (author of ‘Far-Right France’), @nikeshshukla.bsky.social, @trillingual.bsky.social w/@talatyaqoob.bsky.social chairing. Tickets here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2xnem774
Lam Wing-kee, the bookseller who would not admit defeat www.economist.com/obituary/202... From The Economist
Lam Wing-kee, the bookseller who would not admit defeat
The Hong Kong bookseller died on July 2nd, aged 70
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Xenia Fedorova, Russian propagandist working for far-right media that also supports Marine Le Pen, to be expelled from France. Is she a free-speech martyr, or simply working on behalf of an aggressive foreign power hostile to democracy, freedom and the rule of law? www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
France to deport pro-Russian propagandist Xenia Fedorova
The newspaper Libération cited the interior ministry's deportation order as accusing her of acting 'as a conduit for disinformation campaigns orchestrated by the Russian authorities' with the aim of '...
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As we consider a Le Pen Presidency, learn more about Marine Le Pen’s remarkable transformation of RN and what that means for Europe & the wider world in ‘Far-Right France’ by @vjmalletft.bsky.social 'Crisp . . . meticulous.’ @observeruk.bsky.social 25% off w/code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
Far-Right France | Hurst Publishers
The story of the French far right’s unstoppable rise—from the woes of a broken society to the powerful personalities upending the status quo.
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Les Jours@lesjours.fr · 2w agoMarine Le Pen, dont la culpabilité a été reconnue par la cour d’appel, joue la carte du pourvoi. Mais peu importe que la Cour de cassation tranche avant ou après la présidentielle, la patronne du RN a un boulevard devant elle.
What would a far-right government in France look like? - www.ft.com/content/b682... via @FT
What would a far-right government in France look like?
With the presidential election less than a year away, Le Pen's hopes are rising
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What would a far-right government in France look like? - www.ft.com/content/b682... via @FT
What would a far-right government in France look like?
With the presidential election less than a year away, Le Pen's hopes are rising
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A Brit in the semis of Wimbledon, England still in the World Cup and Nigel Farage spending the summer arguing with a bin. Oh this happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea
The difference between far-right leaders Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen is that if she stands down she has a surrogate (Jordan Bardella, as popular as she is) to take her place and stand for the presidency. Farage doesn't have a mini-me. Victormallet.org
Victor Mallet: author and journalist
Published in 2026 - Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe (Hurst)
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“If our partners do not abandon Ukraine financially, if our soldiers continue holding the front, if every kilometre of Russian advance continues to cost them tens of thousands—and sometimes hundreds of thousands—of personnel, then the decisive struggle will take place in the skies,” Zelenskyy said.
What's the difference between Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella on policy? A quick summary apnews.com/video/le-pen...
Le Pen's possible stand-in as presidential candidate is no carbon copy
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's political future is on the line as a Paris appeals court rules on her eligibility to stand in the 2027 presidential election.
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What the court decision on Tue will mean for Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella and the 2027 French elections: apnews.com/article/fran...
How Paris appeals court ruling could upend Marine Le Pen’s 2027 presidential bid
Paris' appeals court is set to rule Tuesday on Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement case. This decision could determine if she can run in next year’s presidential election.
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Who is Jordan Bardella? See Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe for more. www.amazon.co.uk/Far-Right-Fr... Meeting Jordan Bardella, France’s possible president www.economist.com/europe/2026/... From The Economist
Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe: Amazon.co.uk: Mallet, Victor: 9781805264132: Books
Buy Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe by Mallet, Victor (ISBN: 9781805264132) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe. What happens next after the Le Pen embezzlement judgment on July 7? See author Victor Mallet at Silencio Book Club in Paris on the evening of Thursday July 2. Book here shotgun.live/en/events/si... - victormallet.org
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Climate emergency cancels Reform's "cancel the climate emergency" meeting - council members were due to vote on Thurs on a Reform motion to rescind the climate emergency.
Tired: Narco-states. Wired: Necro-states.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.A fifth of Leave voters have died.
Please note date change for Paris discussion on Far-Right France at Silencio Book Club. now evening of July 2! Book via this link shotgun.live/en/events/si...
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Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe is one of the FT's top summer reads from its own contributors - Best summer books of 2026: from our own stable - as.ft.com/r/456f20d1-6... via @FT
Best summer books of 2026: from our own stable
From the far-right to the future of work, books by FT journalists and editors
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Will Le Pen and Bardella win power for the French far right in next year's elections, and change the shape of Europe and Nato for ever? You're invited to the Silencio book club in Paris on the evening of July 1. It's free but you need to register! Venez nombreux! shotgun.live/en/events/si...
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They'll be going for the gannets next... European fishing nations call for cormorant cull - as.ft.com/r/d812377e-c... via @FT
European fishing nations call for cormorant cull
Environmentalists say birds are scapegoats after nine EU states complain about damage to fish stocks
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... and possibly even 50.1 per cent come the next election. victormallet.org
Victor Mallet: author and journalist
Published in 2026 - Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe (Hurst)
victormallet.org
The Christian Science Monitor@csmonitor.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn his new book, “Far-Right France,” journalist and Financial Times senior editor Victor Mallet examines the far right’s transformation from outside the mainstream to a party garnering the support of 30% to 40% of French voters. #bookreview #farright #france www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture...
Apart from in France with its nuclear power plants, most of western Europe's electricity is coming from the sun today, including in Germany and UK.
The battle in French cinema and publishing over the influence of far-right Catholic tycoon Vincent Bollore; plus Ukraine, Cuba, Trump, Putin and Xi f24.my/BwR6
The World This Week - Putin Xi, To Catch a Castro, Red Carpet Rebellion
It’s been a week marked by major geopolitical, legal and public health developments across several fronts. In Washington, the Trump administration has indicted 94-year-old former Cuban president Raúl…
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The normalisation of France's far right is boosting their chances of winning the presidential election after Macron ends his second term, with big consequences for France, the EU and Nato. Interview/review of Far-Right France in Christian Science Monitor. www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture...
Colin Inman, FT Style Guide author, 1938-2026 - as.ft.com/r/0d5271f8-a... via @FT. A lovely man who loved clarity and cryptic crosswords. RIP.
Colin Inman, FT Style Guide author, 1938-2026
Compiler of the Financial Times’ in-house bible was also its crossword editor for more than four decades
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Raghu Rai’s whole canvas was India www.economist.com/obituary/202... From The Economist
Raghu Rai’s whole canvas was India
The country’s most famous photojournalist died on April 26th, aged 83
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