Tag: France

Total Results: 250


Le Monde: “freedom of the press is a vital element of our democracy”. Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
01/22/2021 - 12:04am

French cartoonists are in trouble again Le Monde, which defended the right to offend Islam, is more 'Anglo-Saxon' on the transgender issue

John Lichfield

Tuesday, January 19

19.01

Why French teachers are afraid Following the murder of Samuel Paty, many 'foot soldiers of the Republic' feel abandoned to extremists

Agnes Poirier

Tuesday, January 12

12.01

The French Left against Islamism Debate around extremism has been plagued by cringe-inducing naivety

Liam Duffy

Monday, January 11

11.01

How Macron made France a laughing stock He's a political novice with no ideas of his own, according to a new biography

John Lewis-Stempel

Friday, January 8

08.01

Will Brexit rob France of M&S? The clothes are deemed irretrievably English but Paris still loves the mini bites

John Lichfield

Thursday, December 10

10.12

France will never be a nation of cowards Gallic courage, the harvest of centuries of battle, still beguiles the world

Dan Jackson

Monday, November 30

30.11

We all break lockdown in France Swerving the Covid rules has become the new national sport

John Lewis-Stempel

Thursday, November 26

26.11

Macron is right about Islamism The political ideology that feeds terrorist violence cannot be explained away by religion or colonial history

Liam Duffy

Monday, November 16

16.11

France is infected with anti-vaxxers In the home of Louis Pasteur, nearly half of all adults are reluctant to get inoculated

John Lichfield

Thursday, October 29

29.10

Why is the Anglo media portraying France as the villain? Targeted by fundamentalists, the French are shocked by the lack of support from their American and British friends

Liam Duffy

Monday, October 19

19.10

Is France’s secularism worth dying for? Samuel Paty, slaughtered for a lesson in tolerance, has become a martyr for the Republic

John Lichfield

Wednesday, September 23

23.09

The failure of France’s Greens After an unexpected eco-surge, the French are already fed up with petty, priggish policies

John Lichfield