Harold James considers what historical attempts at redistribution in France can tell us about the current political moment.
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Jul 17, 2026
Harold James
Like many advanced democracies, France has long cycled between periods in which its politics were divided along traditional left-right redistributionist lines, and those in which culture war issues took center stage. If there is any lesson to be drawn from this history, it is that the cycle may be about to repeat.
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