International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, 2024, 6(9); doi: 10.25236/IJFS.2024.060914.
Danqiong Huang
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
Over the past decade, Europe’s political landscape has undergone significant changes, with populist parties rapidly rising across EU member states, challenging the core values of EU liberalism. This paper uses France as a case study to explore the challenges facing the European liberal order, particularly how the rise of right-wing forces in France, amidst migration, economic crises, and social fragmentation, has shaken the foundations of liberalism. By analyzing social conflicts, police-civilian tensions, and divisions among the elite within France, this paper reveals the slowing process of European integration and the gradual decline of liberalism on the political stage.
French political crisis, populism, liberal order, nationalism, European integration
Danqiong Huang. France in Political Turmoil: An Inquiry into the Uncertainty of the Liberal Order in Europe. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 9: 91-95. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2024.060914.
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