France's accelerating death spiral, amid social unrest by far-left groups, political gridlock, and deteriorating public finances as the welfare state teeters on the brink of implosion, comes just six months before a presidential election that has only given polling tailwinds to right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen.
A Financial Times opinion piece earlier today asked, "Is France spinning out of control?"
It's not even a question, but a stated reality, that Macron and his globalist buddies are ending the presidential term under a number of crises that seem to be hitting all at once.
On Monday, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez acknowledged that police lost control in some metro areas during the weekend's far-left uprisings, in which rioters looted mom-and-pop and luxury stores, burned down buildings and clashed with police. President Emmanuel Macron rejected his offer to resign.
🇫🇷 Rioters, deeply concerned about France’s education system, continue looting shops across the country https://t.co/jYMfTteudS
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 19, 2026
Social unrest is only one part of the crisis. The other is fiscal, as French 10-year government bond yields jumped to 5% earlier this morning, the high
