French president Emmanuel Macron is facing a political crisis unprecedented in contemporary times.
Pierre Rosanvallon, one of the country’s most influential political theorists (and a man known for his moderation), said that France is currently “going through its most serious democratic crisis since the Algerian war”. Macron’s pension reform has been rejected by parliament but instead of acknowledging defeat, he used parliamentary manouevering to force the change through without the consent of parliament.
