Wherever one looks, France is confronted with a form of powerlessness that, by its very nature, will do nothing to counter the fundamental pessimism that, for years, has served to foster a collective vision among the country’s inhabitants. All the efforts deployed by the president in recent weeks, aimed at demonstrating that France’s voice still […]
A Napoleon hat is on display in an exhibition of Napoleon’s belongings created by French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac at the Sotheby’s auction house in Paris Thursday, June 19, 2025 in Paris. CHRISTOPHE ENA / AP A massive trove of artwork and curios linked to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his iconic bicorne hats, has […]
This photo shows the inside of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 7, 2019. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP Europe’s top rights court on Thursday, June 26, condemned France over its police discriminating against a young man during identity checks, in the first such ruling against the country over […]
François Bayrou at the Assemblée Nationale, in Paris, on June 25, 2025. THOMAS SAMSON/AFP The joke was easy, but fitting. “The government is leaking!” several opposition MPs said, as water dripped from the ceiling of the Assemblée Nationale following heavy rains in Paris. Prime Minister François Bayrou, speaking on the situation in the Middle East, […]
Historian and director of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), Thomas Gomart has explored the contemporary world’s geopolitical risks and French diplomacy through his research. He has authored numerous books, including L’Accélération de l’histoire. Les nœuds géostratégiques d’un monde hors de contrôle (“The Acceleration of History: The Geostrategic Nodes of a World out of […]
President Emmanuel Macron, at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU FOR LE MONDE Diplomats had believed it possible: French President Emmanuel Macron would, they said, have a private meeting with United States President Donald Trump during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, held in The Hague, Netherlands […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025. OFFICE OF THE IRANIAN SUPREME LE / VIA REUTERS Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday, June 26, said US President Donald Trump “exaggerated” the impact of US strikes on […]
Donald Trump at the NATO summit, The Hague (Netherlands), June 25, 2025. KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU FOR « LE MONDE » Donald Trump does not like his victory lap ruined. On Wednesday, June 25, the president of the United States attended the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague, Netherlands, looking to celebrate two big wins: a […]
A French Court of Appeal, on September 30, 2011. JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP A French woman who burned her bedridden grandfather alive by setting his mattress on fire was given a five-year prison term on Wednesday, June 25, with four years suspended, after prosecutors appealed a previous sentence they deemed too lenient. In October 2024, […]
Hungarians march in downtown Budapest to protest against a new law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. DENES ERDOS / AP Hungary has warned EU ambassadors and their staff not to attend a Pride march in Budapest set to be held on Saturday, June 28, saying that police had banned the gathering, […]
