Ran Halévi is research director at the CNRS and professor at the Raymond Aron Center for Sociological and Political Studies. Latest book published : “ The Chaos of American Democracy : What the Capitol Riot Reveals ” ( Gallimard, 2022).

In all likelihood, the American presidential election will see two equally unpopular candidates confront each other, analyzes the historian*. The French presidential campaign promises to be fierce, obscene and very tight, he says. The French election will take place on November 8.