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Day 1,831: axiom, grave
An axiom of democratic politics is that voters grow tired of incumbents. When they do, they will turn to the alternative. In France, as elsewhere, that alternative could do grave harm.
Day 1,830: snag list, kaput, foutu
The snag list is huge: Russia; eu expansion to stabilise the Balkans and underwrite Ukraine; keeping climate-change policies on track; migration. Nothing works in the eu unless it is driven by the Fra
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Day 1,829: rudderless, ripe
The eu has seldom been so rudderless. Germany’s ruling coalition is at breaking point, all three of its parties beaten at the Euro-elections by the far-right Alternative for Germany, which was in alli
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Day 1,827: deport
It also vows to crack down on migration, deport “Islamists”, ban the veil in public places and reintroduce border controls with other European Union countries.
Day 1,826: wallop, loopily
That is three years earlier than he needed to and just three weeks after the hard-right opposition National Rally of Marine Le Pen walloped him at the European elections, normally seen as only a prote
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Day 1,825: humiliation, unravel
Instead, Mr Macron’s Ensemble alliance is heading for humiliation on June 30th: one analyst puts its chance of forming a majority at 0%. As a result Mr Macron’s reforms could soon begin to unravel—and
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Day 1,824: backwater, lycée, grimy
Once in danger of becoming a backwater with some good museums but dated cuisine and a lot of graffiti, Paris is now a hub for tech companies and a banking centre that is starting to rival London as it
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Day 1,823: mince, forthright
She did not mince words in her forthright accusation. Minced ham makes good sandwiches.
Day 1,822: snap election
But for snap elections on June 30th, this should have been a time for Paris to celebrate.
Day 1,821: solstice, invigorate
This week marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. The Sun rising to its highest point in the sky will in decades to come shine down on a world where nobody need go without the blessings
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Day 1,820: pent up
It could equally be enhanced if America released pent up demand, by making it easier to install panels on homes and to join the grid—the country has a terawatt of new solar capacity waiting to be conn
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Day 1,819: keenly
It is a concern that America feels keenly, which is why it has put tariffs on Chinese solar equipment.
Day 1,818: go to the wall
This means that Chinese capacity is big enough to keep the expansion going for years to come, even if some of the companies involved go to the wall and some investment dries up.
Day 1,817: proclivity
Other constraints do exist. Given people’s proclivity for living outside daylight hours, solar power needs to be complemented with storage and supplemented by other technologies.
Day 1,816: ingenuity
The resources needed to produce solar cells and plant them on solar farms are silicon-rich sand, sunny places and human ingenuity, all three of which are abundant.