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Alexander Hurst

The Guardian

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Open borders defy rising nationalism in Europe. We must protect them

Open borders defy rising nationalism in Europe. We must protect them
09.01.2025 10

The Guardian

Alexander Hurst

The Great Resignation 2.0 is coming – and I salute the European millennials who plan to quit

Recently I was chatting to an acquaintance in Paris, a senior manager in his mid-50s, who works for a French company in the education sector in...

06.01.2025 50

The Guardian

Alexander Hurst

Notre Dame rose again from the ashes – so too can France’s battered democracy

When Notre Dame burned, something in the flames seemed to speak to the combustibility of our age. Nothing is for ever, the fire said, even those...

23.12.2024 4

The Guardian

Alexander Hurst

Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in

Elon Musk is, more or less, a rogue state. His intentions are self-serving and nefarious, and his nation-state level resources allow him to flout...

20.12.2024 200

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Alexander Hurst

France has the highest cannabis consumption in Europe. It’s high time to tax it

France might not be broke, but the state of its public finances is, well, definitely not good. Total debt stands at €3.2tn – 112% of GDP....

27.11.2024 20

The Guardian

Alexander Hurst

Americans are desperately Googling how to ‘move to Europe’. We should welcome them

I am resisting the temptation to write a lamentation of anger and sorrow about Trump’s second victory. What is more useful is to think about what...

13.11.2024 100

The Guardian

Alexander Hurst

I’m an American voter overseas. For years, we were ignored – but maybe this time we’ll make the difference

The United States doesn’t show much love to its citizens who live abroad. For instance, it was impossible for me to declare my driving licence...

28.10.2024 4

The Guardian

Alexander Hurst

Tipping culture is annoying, unfair and worst of all American – and now it’s coming to Paris

As an American living in Paris, I’m not exactly sure when I first started having moments of culture shock on my visits back to the US. But there...

07.10.2024 40

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Alexander Hurst

France’s leftwing coalition had a serious chance to change the country. It blew it

My friend Guillaume recently hit on a perfect analogy for French politics: in a scene fromSuccession, Logan Roy’s children ask him why he is...

10.09.2024 10

The Guardian

Alexander Hurst

Want the legal right to ignore your boss outside working hours? Learn from the French

Every August, the same set of transatlantic memes about work and holiday circulate on social media. The European is depicted as out of the office...

23.08.2024 50

The Guardian

Alexander Hurst

France specialises in glum self-doubt. Has this joyful Olympics finally changed that?

I’m hardly the only one to remark on the qualitative ways in which France has felt different over the past two weeks. Perhaps the Spanish newspaper...

12.08.2024 20

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Alexander Hurst

Is France scared of spicy food? I used to think so – but now it’s turning up the heat

“What’s our problem with spicy peppers?” a French Redditor going by SerBron asked r/france, in a thread posted in 2022. “Apparently we are a...

06.08.2024 10

The Guardian

Alexander Hurst