France

The French president is making vaccines mandatory for many—sparking fresh protests ahead of next year’s elections.

But banishing the neocolonial approach is easier said than done.

Gender-neutral terms have sparked an explosive battle over the future of the French language.

A town in the south of France offers clues to what may be in store for the rest of the country.

The National Rally could win a key regional election—and a chance at mainstream success.

The French president has charted a new kind of centrism in Europe.

Germany and France have formally acknowledged their roles in the continent’s 20th-century genocides.

The French president is seeking to project influence, build new alliances, repair old rifts, and defuse the immigration issue at home.

Paris’s uncritical embrace of late dictator Idriss Déby prioritized regional security over human rights. His death is an opportunity to change tack.

Can European far-right parties overcome their differences and boost their clout in Brussels? 

A close reading of the philosophical career, and influence, of France’s most ridiculed public intellectual.

Letting culture wars drive debate about “laïcité” obscures similarities between France and the United States.

Meet the Russian-led fake human rights group implicated in an international criminal caper.

The decision to halt administration of AstraZeneca vaccines is unscientific, will derail the reopening, and could result in thousands of unnecessary deaths.

Switzerland’s crackdown on Islamic symbols is normalizing anti-Muslim bigotry across the political spectrum.

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s sequel moves from the United States to France but stays revolutionary.

While the French far-right believes the bill could do more to fight extremism, the country’s Muslim population feels the legislation is unfairly targeting their community.