THE DELECTABLE (BUT NOT ELECTABLE) NAJAT VALLAUD-BELKACEM WHO MADE PROSTITUTION ILLEGAL IN FRANCE FAILS TO WIN SEAT IN MACRON’S NEW PARLIAMENT
Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron face off for the soul of France
The two frontrunners in the French presidential election are poles apart: one stands for identity and culture; the other for globalism and free movement Marine Le Pen of the far-right … Continue reading
France’s wild hamsters being turned into ‘crazed cannibals’ by diet of corn
Starving rodents in north-eastern France are suffering from vitamin deficiencies that prompt them to eat their own young The monotonous diet is leaving hamsters starving and deranged. Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty … Continue reading
It’s when, not if: but will Paris be ready for the flood of the century?
When the river Seine burst its banks in June the rain stopped just short of a disaster. With the next floods on the scale of 1910 long overdue, is Paris … Continue reading
France passes law making it illegal to pay for sex
French MPs finally approve divisive legislation that will criminalise customers rather than sex workers Sex workers protest against the new law near the French parliament on Wednesday. Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA … Continue reading
French MPs vote for enshrining emergency powers in constitution
Measures proposed after November Paris attacks would strip French nationality from convicted terrorists Demonstrators urge the president, François Hollande, and the prime minister, Manuel Valls, to lift the state of … Continue reading
France cuts ‘tampon tax’ after protests
Anger has been mounting among women worldwide about the high taxation of the essential items, including in Britain Protest in Paris for reduced taxes on tampons and women’s sanitary products Photo: … Continue reading
How La Marseillaise became inextricably linked with the idea of France
The rousing anthem began as a war song, but has come to embody the defiance of a nation Charlotte Higgins, Guardian, Tuesday 17 November 2015 Tonight, as an act of … Continue reading
What would the world look like if we defeated Isis?
Paul Mason After the Paris attacks, the French can impel Nato to attack Isis. But the biggest challenge is what kind of peace we want when we win ‘Isis attacked … Continue reading
Paris attacks: the West must not live in fear of fanatics
Telegraph View: Following the horrors of Paris, Westerners should reflect upon what needs to change and what is so truly wonderful about the life we enjoy now By Telegraph … Continue reading
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