Despite a shared desire to break with neoliberalism, the methods and political cultures of the two parties differ, analyzes Guillaume Beringer, a specialist in German studies, for Le Monde.
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With gasoline and diesel prices surging again, the French government will issue a new €100 payment to drivers who use their cars for work. Around 5.5 million people in France will be eligible. The aim: to nip any potential protest movement in the bud....
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All outgoing French presidents have experienced a phase of weakening that, each time, led the country to seriously doubt itself. Yet never before has the Rassemblement National been in such a favorable position to capitalize on the malaise, observes Le Monde columnist Françoise F...
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Giving his last speech to the UN's signature annual diplomatic gathering as president, Macron also railed against the humanitarian situation in Gaza while calling for a moratorium on strikes against civilian and energy targets in the Ukraine-Russia war....
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Prosecutors pointed to a 'growing trend on social media involving women being filmed on the street with smart glasses without their consent and the videos being published online.'...
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Under pressure from Azerbaijan, which has detained two French businessmen, Paris has struck a deal to secure their release in exchange for lifting financial sanctions against the billionaire Alisher Usmanov....
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At France and Luxembourg's request, the EU removed Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its list of sanctioned individuals, which was otherwise renewed for three years. Ukraine called the decision 'unacceptable.'...
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France succeeded in its push to remove Alisher Usmanov from the EU sanctions list as part of a prisoner release with Azerbaijan. A second high-profile businessman, Mikhail Fridman, was also removed....
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More than 50 leading American writers will be in Vincennes, just to the east of Paris, this week for the American literary festival, which is celebrating US literature at a time of strained feelings towards the United States under President Donald Trump....
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The price of petrol and diesel are at record levels in France and anyone who relies on their car is getting hit hard in the pocket. Tell us how it's affected your daily life....
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Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark 1956 Congress of Black Writers and Artists, held at the Sorbonne university in Paris and aimed at strengthening the Pan-African movement and giving voices to black writers and intellectuals from across Africa, Europe and the Unit...
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After downplaying President Emmanuel Macron's warnings about the threats posed by Russia, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella released an unusual statement expressing mistrust of Moscow....
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Pope Leo XIV will deliver a speech on Europe at a center named after Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of the European political union.
