COLUMN. Announced to appease angry secondary-school pupils, the platform's abolition will change nothing fundamental: not every academic dream can come true. The next government will inherit this impasse Résident de la République (Resident of the Republic... See more
Smoke flares, looting at Printemps, sunglasses picked up off the ground: one defendant after another comes before overstretched judges juggling legal deadlines. Sentences range from suspended terms to custody, amid a tense judicial climate This summary ma... See more
COLUMN. Swiss diplomats are reaching out to France's potential future government teams and dissecting their manifestos to see what these changes could mean for the bilateral relationship. The aim is to be ready to adapt "from day one" Résident de la Répub... See more
Zero tolerance, administrative bans, stepped-up intelligence and a more responsive mobilisation of police officers. The authorities admit they underestimated the scale of the violence and want to avoid repeating the weekend's mistakes This summary may hav... See more
Having until then merely offered the odd brief remark on the crisis involving upper-secondary school students, the French president was forced to respond at greater length on television on Sunday evening Every week, we put French and international news in... See more
