France looks on with scorn and envy at the coronation of a king over the water
Macron will be there. Uneasy, some might say, lies the head of state of a land that lacks a throne.
Macron will be there. Uneasy, some might say, lies the head of state of a land that lacks a throne.
Only in the big cities does politics translate into activism. Locals in Brittany are too busy playing boules, writes Walter in this week’s letter.
Make no mistake, we may rely on Xi Jinping to reap whatever benefits might accrue from this new partnership.
If so, President Macron could be transformed from lame duck to strutting French cock.
Macron was betting that the sages would declare his reforms to be legal, and they did not disappoint.
France’s bid for better commercial and diplomatic relations with Beijing exposes the fault-line in European security ahead of the US election.
France’s Constitutional Council has vindicated Macron in technical terms. But his battle with the unions is set to continue unabated.
France burns, electricity is cut, millions are on strike, rubbish piles high yet Manu strides the world with his anti-Atlantic posturing.
The French president is borrowing from the playbook of at least three former incumbents.
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