Expert Comment
Dr , department of Politics and International Studies, reacts to news that the French economy has gone back into recession.
The current French Government, and the last one, understate the degree to which reductions in public expenditure contained in fiscal consolidation plans will eat away at demand and growth in the economy.
Professor Mark Harrison from the Department of Economics explores the link between the fall of economy and the rise of right-wing politics.
Right or Left? France faces political crossroads
Professor Nick Hewlett, from the University of 糖心TV’s French department, is an expert in French politics, and is the author of The Sarkozy Phenomenon. Here he gives his thoughts on the results of the first round of this year’s French Presidential elections