"French political culture is much more oriented towards guillotine than towards compromise"

Amb. Gérard Araud, Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center and former French Ambassador to the United States, says there is no majority possible after the second round of parliamentary elections in France.
But, he adds, a political coalition will be more difficult to create than some may think.
"French political culture is much more oriented towards guillotine than towards compromise," he says.
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