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Bonjour Tristesse
The President of France, François Hollande « Bonjour tristesse », « Hello Sadness ». The title of this novel, written in 1954 by French teenage writer Françoise Sagan about the spleen of post-war...
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France and the European elections
Marine Le Pen There can hardly be two neighbouring countries more different than France and the United Kingdom. But now, after the rcent May 2014 European elections, these ‘sweet enemies’ are faced...
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A gloomy, rudderless France
François Hollande We, French, are an inveterate, self deprecating, navel gazing people. Whatever happens to us is always better, or worse than to the others but, anyway, different. This time, worse. No...
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Front National: victorious defeat
Marine Le Pen of the Front National How can regional elections be so traumatic in one of the world’s longest established democracies? How can we be so enthralled by a vote to select the local...
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Catalonia revisited: farewell to great expectations?
Catalonian independence demonstration It can sometimes be sensible to revisit oneself. Especially in this ever-changing and ever-deceiving world of ours. Just to remind ourselves, and our readers, that...
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Old country, young president
President Macron of France The election of a 39-year old president represents no less than a sea change in a country as traditional as France. The country of the French Revolution, the Motherland of...
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Macron and absolute responsibility
Emmanuel Macron – President of France French President Emmanuel Macron has won his ambitious and unlikely bet. After having been elected president last May at the age of 39, he now holds an absolute...
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Catalonia: now what?
Catalonian independence march And now what ? What will happen on and after October 2, after the referendum organised by the autonomous Catalan government and its failed repression by the central Madrid...
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Catalonia’s December 21 elections
Catalan independence demonstration The Spanish central government has called for new elections in Catalonia this coming Thursday, December 21, with the official aim of re-establishing stability and the...
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