France’s Fifth Republic Has Reached Its Limit

CLAIRE BERLINSKI WRITES: A system built for two sides cannot govern a nation divided in three. France’s presidential monarchy has become the source of its own instability.

FOREWORD BY THE EDITOR (Daniel Clarke-Serret):

Today we have an exciting guest article on French politics penned by Paris-residing Claire Berlinski¹. Claire is an American essayist, journalist and biographer, and the author of four books: two spy novels, a biography of Margaret Thatcher, and a book about European politics. She has also published several …