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James Tidmarsh

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Sébastien Lecornu is Macron’s last hope

Sébastien Lecornu is Macron’s last hope
10.09.2025 5

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Marine Le Pen is calling the shots now

Marine Le Pen is calling the shots now
09.09.2025 4

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France has been plunged into crisis – again

France has been plunged into crisis – again
08.09.2025 1

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Will the Bloquons Tout strikes cripple France?

Will the Bloquons Tout strikes cripple France?
05.09.2025 5

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The folly of blaming boomers for France’s financial crisis

The folly of blaming boomers for France’s financial crisis
29.08.2025 6

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Europe / Migrant riots have come to Switzerland

Europe / Migrant riots have come to Switzerland
27.08.2025 4

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In defence of Notting Hill Carnival

In defence of Notting Hill Carnival
26.08.2025 9

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Is this the end for Emmanuel Macron?

Is this the end for Emmanuel Macron?
26.08.2025 10

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The death of a streamer is being used to stifle free speech

The death of a streamer is being used to stifle free speech
25.08.2025 10

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The awkward truth about tourists in Paris

24.08.2025 9

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The sad decline of the French village fête

16.08.2025 8

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Could the Arctic be key to ending the Ukraine war?

11.08.2025 10

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Donald Trump is humiliating Switzerland

06.08.2025 20

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Alpine order / What we could learn from Swiss bins

04.08.2025 10

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Why France is cracking down on topless tourists

28.07.2025 10

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Remembering Jonathan Miller

08.07.2025 4

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France wants to know the true cost of immigration

25.06.2025 5

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Has Trump brought peace to the Congo?

24.06.2025 4

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The danger of the fatwa against Gabriel Attal

19.06.2025 20

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France’s toddler screen ban is pure state overreach

17.06.2025 10

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How can France ban outdoor smoking?

30.05.2025 60

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Anne Hidalgo has ruined Paris – now she wants to be UN refugee chief

29.05.2025 20

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Why France’s taxi drivers are on strike

27.05.2025 20

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Brussels is dropping a bureaucratic bombshell on Europe

24.05.2025 9

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Regulation / Brussels is dropping a bureaucratic bombshell on Europe

24.05.2025 5

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Bruno Retailleau’s quiet revolution

20.05.2025 10

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Can France dismantle the NGO-migrant complex?

13.05.2025 10

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Why is Macron courting the Freemasons?

09.05.2025 10

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France is quietly tightening its citizenship rules

07.05.2025 20

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Was this right-wing TV host joking about taking on Marine Le Pen?

03.05.2025 9

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Medical migration is crippling France’s healthcare system

30.04.2025 10

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The African cardinal who terrifies Macron

25.04.2025 10

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Pet theft in France is out of control

22.04.2025 20

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Donald Trump is taking on China in Africa

11.04.2025 10

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Entry denied / The end of the pick ’n’ mix passport

08.04.2025 20

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Marine Le Pen looks tired

07.04.2025 10

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Could France’s GB News be shut down?

04.04.2025 10

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Marine Le Pen is in a race against the clock

02.04.2025 20

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The hypocrisy behind Le Pen’s disqualification

01.04.2025 10

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This ruling against Marine Le Pen is grotesque

31.03.2025 10

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France / Democrats should be concerned by the Le Pen affair

25.03.2025 10

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France’s churches are burning – and no one seems to care

15.02.2025 10

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Keir Starmer’s flimsy excuse for the Chagos deal

08.02.2025 10

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Diplomacy alone won’t stop Rwanda stoking war in Congo

27.01.2025 4

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Why the French left are in uproar about the census

25.01.2025 20

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Why the French state fears Elon Musk

09.01.2025 10

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The EU wants to cripple French farmers

Another year, another protest. French farmers are at it again. France’s Coordination Rurale trade union is calling for another round of massive...

06.01.2025 30

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The crisis gripping France’s Le Monde newspaper

Once one of France’s most respected publications, Le Monde is in crisis. Its newsroom is gripped by a climate of fear, where only left-wing and...

22.12.2024 20

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How identity politics corrupted France’s elite schools

Earlier this year, Sciences Po’s feminist association, Décollectif Féministe, organised a ‘non-mixed’ meeting, which explicitly excluded...

24.11.2024 20

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The West’s green agenda is abandoning Africa to China

In the remote Ludewa district of southern Tanzania, villagers scratch out a meagre living in harsh conditions. The roads are barely passable, clean...

26.10.2024 20

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