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Protests and a nation divided — so, what now for the future of France?

Macron’s won the election — but has woken up to riots and a splintered country. As more elections loom in June, will this next era bring Gilets Jaunes or relative tranquilité? Agnes Poirier reports from Paris

Evening Standard

Democracy loses its glow for South Africans amid persistent inequality

South Africans believed that the introduction of democracy in 1994 would transform their lives for the better through equality of opportunities. This hasn’t happened.

The Conversation

Pressure groups offer the best hope for South Africa's democracy

South Africans have learnt that democracy isn’t simply a destination that they reached with the formal end of apartheid on 27 April 1994. It is also a lifelong quest to keep up the pressure against corruption, and on elected representatives to deliver on their promises.

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‘Like a football idol’: Bolsonaro claws back support after poor Covid response

President is touring Brazil in bid to win back voters before October election – and appears to be making headway

The Guardian - UK

Is Trump getting weaker? Forget it

Mainstream media is hooked on the narrative that Trump's influence is fading. It's nowhere near that simple

Salon

‘Hong Kong is strange to me now’: how five refugees are finding their new lives in Britain

More than 88,000 Hongkongers have come to the UK under a new visa scheme after a harsh crackdown on civil liberties in the city. How are they coping? What are they doing? And do they think they will return?

The Guardian - UK

‘Liberal democracy in action’: world leaders congratulate Macron on French election win

Presidents and prime ministers from Europe, the Americas and across the world have expressed relief at Emmanuel Macron’s victory over Marine Le Pen

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Commentary: Jane Addams’ example shows the way toward creating social change and restoring unity

I feel for today’s graduates. They are coming of age at a time of massive instability, a set of tectonic changes that are no doubt contributing to the mental health crisis facing many young adults.

Chicago Tribune

‘Not enough to reverse discontent’: Here’s what English dailies said on PM’s infra push in J&K

PM Narendra Modi’s investment push on his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir – since the scrapping of its special status and bifurcation in August 2019 – was the biggest report on front pages across prominent English dailies on Monday. However, the editorials had a word of caution.

Newslaundry

The Guardian view on Ukraine and Taiwan: looking for lessons

Editorial: The Russian invasion – and resistance to it – are prompting reassessment in Beijing and Washington as well as in Taipei

The Guardian - UK

The Met’s pre-election pause in Partygate updates is a political act

Letters: There is no requirement in electoral law that prohibits the publication of such information, writes Gerald Crawley; plus letters from Kevin Naghten, Geoffrey Lang and Tim Higginson

The Guardian - UK

India’s Modi promises investments on Kashmir visit

The Indian PM announces investments as he attends the first public event since 2019 stripping of Kashmir’s autonomy.

Al Jazeera

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu bats for reform of anti-defection law

Loopholes in the anti-defection law need to be plugged in order to curb defection of legislators from one party to another, he said

The Hindu

PM ‘trying to undermine democracy to get away with failings’, Labour says

MP Ian Murray said the Prime Minister and his party are ‘unfit to govern’ the UK, adding that defending him only ‘degrades’ democracy.

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Bridgend Council leader says Covid-19 was toughest challenge of last five years

Council leader from 2017, Huw David said he never imagined that he would have to consider whether cemeteries had enough room as part of his tenure

Wales Online

Independent group leader says Bridgend election could go either way

Independent Alliance leader before the 2022 local government elections period, Alex Williams, said more needs to be done to communicate the council's vision to residents

Wales Online

Plaid Cymru leader in RCT says their business is people ahead of council elections in May

Pauline Jarman spoke about topics such as climate change, coal tip safety, the cost of living crisis, social care and education

Wales Online

Citizen assemblies and ‘taking the Punch and Judy out of politics’: Cardiff’s Lib Dem leader on how the city council should be run

The Liberal Democrats ruled the council a decade ago but currently only have 11 councillors

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The Guardian - UK

A divided France and a Germany unsure of its identity threaten Europe’s future

In a time of multiple crises and dangers, the EU needs urgently to recover a sense of common purpose

Chronicle Live

This is why a leading pollster thinks the Tories haven't had a councillor in Newcastle in 30 years

Local Conservatives blame tactical voting for their failure in recent local elections

The Guardian - US

Overcoming Trumpery review: recipes for reform Republicans will never allow

The depth of Trump’s corruption is familiar but still astonishing when presented in the whole. Alas, his party shares it

The Guardian - UK

Lords rally to protect independence of UK’s Electoral Commission

Boris Johnson’s government faces new defeat over what critics say is democratic meddling

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk wants to own Twitter to protect his ‘freedom’, not everyone else’s

Billionaires like Musk use their vast fortunes to build a world where they are unconstrained by laws, shareholders, consumers or accountability of any kind

Reuters

Slovenia's populist PM loses election to environmentalist party-election commission

Slovenia's populist Prime Minister Janez Jansa lost a national election on Sunday as the environmentalist Freedom Movement party won more votes than his SDS party, according to preliminary figures from election authorities.

Salon

My Park Slope Food Coop conspiracy blues

It's easy to fall into conspiratorial thinking, as I learned when my peers thought I had much more power than I did

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