Emma-Kate Symons
24 July 2024
A fight to preserve the essence of Paris
Thanks to affluent tourists, the city’s heart and soul is being auctioned off
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How Putin lost the French election
Le Pen’s party is packed with Russia supporters – no wonder the Kremlin’s disinformation machine supported her
Read the full article01 July 2024
French elections: Le Pen’s march on power
Marine Le Pen’s clear win underscores her party’s achievement of making a duplicitous surface-level transformation to voters
Read the full article26 June 2024
A bloc to block France’s extremists
As Marine Le Pen’s extreme right party creeps ever further ahead of its rivals, a new democratic collective has emerged
Read the full article19 June 2024
France’s week of political psychosis
Macron’s snap election call has triggered turmoil across the country as parties rush to form alliances in time for June 30
Read the full article23 February 2024
The avenger: French cinema’s Weinstein moment
French actor Judith Godrèche’s allegations of rape and abuse by star directors have opened up a second wave of #MeToo in France
Read the full article20 September 2023
France’s big uncover-up
Critics call it Islamophobic – but Emmanuel Macron’s ban on the abaya, the long Islamic dress, in schools has won surprising support
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