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French minister leaves Macron’s government after rape allegations

Damien Abad denies allegations but steps down saying he wants to ‘defend himself without hindering government’

By Anna Pujol-Mazzini

/ 4 Jul 2022

French minister leaves Macron’s government after rape allegations

France’s election result should serve as a wake-up call for Keir Starmer

The Labour leader and Emmanuel Macron both fail to grasp that aping the far Right won’t lead to its demise

By Michael Chessum

/ 26 Apr 2022

France’s election result should serve as a wake-up call for Keir Starmer

This time around, the threat of a Le Pen presidency is real

The far Right does not command a majority in France. But Macron’s arrogance and elitism, plus divisions on the Left, could hand it a victory

By Philippe Marlière

/ 13 Apr 2022

This time around, the threat of a Le Pen presidency is real

The French election is all about imperialism. Here’s why

With oligarchs using their media outlets to promote far-Right presidential candidates, France is being haunted by its own ghosts

By Adam Ramsay

/ 6 Apr 2022

The French election is all about imperialism. Here’s why

The French presidential election is in a far-Right quagmire

The citing of a poisonous anti-Muslim conspiracy theory has infected France’s political discourse

By Philippe Marlière

/ 17 Feb 2022

The French presidential election is in a far-Right quagmire

Éric Zemmour is no fascist – he’s the creature of the French establishment

Unlike Marine Le Pen, far-Right presidential candidate Zemmour has no link to France’s fascist tradition. His meteoric rise comes from the mainstream

By Philippe Marlière

/ 9 Dec 2021

Éric Zemmour is no fascist – he’s the creature of the French establishment

Blowing a raspberry at France’s democracy

Abstention is the cancer currently eating into French democracy and society. President Emmanuel Macron is keen to keep it that way

By Chris Myant

/ 22 Aug 2021

Blowing a raspberry at France’s democracy

France: is there such a thing as “Islamist separatism”?

What does it mean when the French president Emmanuel Macron warns of "Islamist separatism"?

By Abderrahim Hafidi

/ 25 Mar 2020

France: is there such a thing as “Islamist separatism”?

#AmazôniaEmChamas Bolsonaro e suas cortinas de fumaça

Os incêndios que vêm destruindo parte da Amazônia foram notícia dentro e fora do país. Esta é possivelmente a maior crise internacional de Bolsonaro como presidente do Brasil. Español

By democracia Abierta

/ 28 Aug 2019

#AmazôniaEmChamas Bolsonaro e suas cortinas de fumaça

Os incêndios que vêm destruindo parte da Amazônia foram notícia dentro e fora do país. Esta é possivelmente a maior crise internacional de Bolsonaro como presidente do Brasil. Español

By democracia Abierta

/ 28 Aug 2019