The triumph- and limitations- of France’s vote to enshrine abortion in the constitution
Jubilation filled the air across France on March 4 2024 as news channels announced the results of a parliamentary vote which would go...
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A Far-Right Mouthpiece: How France’s Controversial Immigration Law serves no one.
By Kara Hall Tightening immigration laws represent a new era of cracking down in France, as non-nationals with criminal convictions...
Roman Polanski and the #MeToo Movement in France: Is This All for Nothing?
In 2003, when Roman Polanski won the Academy Award for Best Director for his film The Pianist, he was met with thunderous applause and a...
A Scandalous Race in Paris
“Paris mayoral elections have become elections of mass destruction”. Serge Federsburch used these words to describe the mayoral elections...
We are in a New Political Era; France’s Centre-Right must Adapt to Survive
Is there a future for the centre-right? In what increasingly seems to be a new age in politics, there is much anecdotal evidence to...
Macron’s new renaissance is a call to further integrate Europe
Emmanuel Macron’s latest vision for the future of the European Project arrives as European Parliament elections loom ever closer and...
Macron's marriage of convenience is already unpopular in France: Why would Britain be any differ
Elected at the head of a centrist movement to become the youngest-ever President of France, Emmanuel Macron has attracted gushing praise...
Partial Sympathy: On the reactions to terrorism close to home
Photograph: Flickr / Gregory Bastien At some point mid-way through the 18th century, Scottish philosopher David Hume wrote: “Now it...
A non-journalistic perspective on the Paris attacks
Photograph: Flickr / Moyan Brenn If you think this is going to be one of many other articles on the Paris attacks, well, think again,...
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