List of France articles
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France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks next to France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and France's Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin during a national defense council meeting on Middle East war at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 17, 2026. Europe Is Looking for Its Own Hormuz Fix
The continent has relevant military strengths, but little appetite for fighting.
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A collage of various book covers of different sizes and colors arranged against a split background of light blue and off-white. The covers for "The Monuments of Paris" and "Small Boat" are featured prominently in the center. Other visible titles include "Honey in the Wound," "Lázár," "The Scoop," and "Midnight at the War." Two Takes on Modern France
Plus, more international fiction releases in April.
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Phil White, a member of Patriotic Millionaires UK, participates in a demonstration ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 19, 2025. The World’s Tax-the-Rich Debate Is Heating Up
From millionaire activists to G-20 proposals, efforts to combat wealth inequality are advancing across the United States and Europe.
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A woman wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap attends a campaign rally of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Görlitz, eastern Germany, on May 23, 2019. The Populist International Is Falling Apart
Trump’s war in Iran is blowing up MAGA’s alliance with Europe’s far right.
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An attendee wave a flag prior to a rally of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party candidate in Perpignan ahead of France's municipal elections in Perpignan, southern France, on February 28, 2026. France’s Far Right Now Has a Clear Path to Power
Leftists and nationalists are managing to completely break republicanism.
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People float and swim in a river, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. How the Climate Won Paris’s Culture War
Plenty of issues are on the ballot in this month’s mayoral election. The city’s green transition isn’t one of them.
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A wall of partly torn election posters with photos of the faces of candidates. The photo of Allisio is torn from the chin down, showing part of Payan's head underneath. The Major Local Election That France’s Far Right Might Just Win
A year before presidential elections, the National Rally has a chance of capturing Marseille, a historic hub of immigration.
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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul arrives for a meeting of the ministry's crisis response team. Europe Abandons Both Integrity and Influence on Iran
In response to Trump’s strikes, European leaders have created an alternate reality to escape their hypocrisy.
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People stand inside inside booths that are partly covered by curtains in red, white, and blue stripes. Because of the curtains, only the voters' lower legs and feet are visible. The Problem With Representative Democracy
What if elections aren’t the be-all and end-all?
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint press conference with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso following talks between the Russian government and the European Union executive at the EU headquarters in Brussels on February 24, 2011. Europe Is Getting Ready to Pivot to Putin
In the face of U.S. bullying, European leaders are considering reaching out to Russia’s president.
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France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during his visit of the French Air and Space Force in Saint-Sauveur, France on March 18, 2025. Ghosts Are Haunting France’s Remilitarization
History is shaping, and constraining, the bid to revive French military culture.
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Two women wearing 1940s-style dresses and hair and makeup perch in the back of a military truck, waving toward the camera. Other people are dressed in berets and military uniforms or khaki outfits to reprsent the French resistance. The truck drives down the middle of a road away from the camera between spectators on either side, a cloudy sky looming overhead. U.S. Strategists Keep Getting France’s Defeat Wrong
Myths about the Maginot Line are strangely persistent.
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A man wearing a raincoat, knit cap, and a backpack holds a bicycle and smartphone. He stands on a city sidewalk at dusk and looks up at the sky as rain pours. A Tale of Two Asylum-Seekers
“Souleymane’s Story” interrogates the fictions we tell ourselves about what makes an acceptable migrant.
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A convoy of French army vehicles heads toward Gao, Mali, on Feb. 7, 2013. France Didn’t Lose the Sahel—Everyone Did
Blaming Paris for Mali’s problems won’t solve them. A collective European response is needed.
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A grid of 10 books atop a watery textured background Two Unsettling Voyages Across the Sea
Plus, more international fiction releases in December.