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‘For three weeks, France’s Socialists believed they were as big as the ox’

The Socialists thought that Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s weakness meant they could force his hand. But their own division meant they couldn’t choose between compromise and threatening to topple him, explains Le Monde columnist Françoise Fressoz.

Source: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/10/03/for-three-weeks-france-s-socialists-believed-they-were-as-big-as-the-ox_6746043_23.html

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