Arthur Goldhammer

It wasn’t even close, thank goodness. But legislative elections loom in June, and the nation remains deeply fractured.

The lone pre–second round debate touched on Russia, the EU, crime—and, inevitably, Islam. But Le Pen didn’t convince swing voters—probably.

The candidate of the left said vote against Le Pen. But he didn’t say vote for Macron. And his voters will probably decide this.

Emmanuel Macron leads the presidential race—by about as much as “Remain” led in the U.K. and Hillary Clinton led in the United States in 2016.

Macron's concessions to the Yellow Vest protesters won't fix a problem that's fundamentally about the European Union.