France

The French president can make all the concessions he wants, but he can’t make the public like him.

The French will remain restive unless and until the effects of their president’s ambitious reforms kick in.

France’s angry nationwide protests are less like a revolution than a Tea Party—and that’s bad news for the government.

Many counter-extremism efforts falter because ideological reform programs run by governments lack credibility. Appealing to the basic psychological needs of ex-radicals is more promising.

When the world’s newest country broke away from Khartoum, it discarded Sudan’s main official language, too. But casting aside the oppressor’s tongue did not heal the country’s divisions.

There’s no good reason to pull Marshal Philippe Pétain from the dustbin of history.

Simone Rodane-Benzaquen, head of American Jewish Committee in Europe, spoke with FP about anti-Semitism on both sides of the Atlantic.

The mass political movements that once dominated Europe are fading fast—and the nationalist populists and upstart parties taking their place are here to stay.

The French president’s interventions in European politics have only magnified his many flaws.

The world needs a new alliance of green economic powers to create a low-carbon economic zone.

The French president is looking toward the future—but his country feels left behind.

Germany and France complain that the U.S. is abusing sanctions power to bully even its allies.

Nicolas Hulot is a combination of Donald Trump and Al Gore—and the French president will regret ever putting him in his Cabinet.

There’s nothing wrong with today’s EU that France’s legendary 20th-century leader didn’t see coming—and didn’t try to fix when he had the chance.

Why French conservatives' new favorite philosopher is Simone Weil.

Can Emmanuel Macron save France's higher education system by making it more American?

Spending 4 percent of the EU’s GDP on defense would boost sagging economies and protect the continent at a time when U.S. leadership is lacking.

Two French best-sellers draw warnings for the present from the stories of Hitler’s henchmen.

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Politicians must prepare voters for automation; otherwise, opportunistic populists will seize the agenda.