I thought yellow vest protesters in France were a uniform group of angry radicals. But I talked to citizens and discovered it’s much more complicated. A newspaper stand burned down by protesters in France (photo by Claire Wang) This piece tied for first prize in...
We asked our correspondents and readers for their views following centrist Emmanuel Macron’s election on Sunday as French president. Yesterday, Alan Wheatley noted that Europe is relieved at the defeat of Euro-skeptic Marine Le Pen but that the onus is now on...
France’s far-right National Front party keeps gaining ground. Its leader wants to be president. There’s a chance I’ll face a distasteful choice in 2017. In 2002, I was too young to vote or understand what was happening in French politics when...