The race to succeed Emmanuel Macron is looming, but rarely has the mood been so gloomy or the lure of extremist solutions so alarming, says Paul Taylor, of the European Policy Centre

Emmanuel Macron’s potential successors have no apparent grand vision for Europe’s future

The stakes for France's 2027 election could hardly be higher. For the first time since World War II, a far-right party has a serious chance of taking power in France, the European…